Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-5037 | First vendor Publication | 2007-09-23 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5037 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20217 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20217 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1440-1 inotify-tools | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1440-1 CVE-2007-5037 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | inotify-tools |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for inotify-tools FEDORA-2007-3074 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3074_inotify-tools_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1440-1 (inotify-tools) File : nvt/deb_1440_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 40563 | inotify-tools src/inotifytools.c inotifytools_snprintf() Function Filename Ha... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-12-31 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1440.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-12 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-3074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:16:13 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:06:58 |
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| 2020-05-23 01:38:47 |
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| 2017-07-29 12:02:33 |
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| 2016-06-28 16:56:07 |
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| 2016-04-26 16:37:34 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:41:52 |
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