CVE-2009-0148

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    CVE-2009-0148

    Published: 5 May 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34978, http://secunia.com/advisories/35074, http://secunia.com/advisories/35213, http://secunia.com/advisories/35214, http://secunia.com/advisories/35462, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1806, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1238, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=947983, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=4664&release_id=679527, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1LsGx3-00015K-TN%40ddv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=cscope-cvs, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34805, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022218, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9633

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High