Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-5395 | First vendor Publication | 2007-11-07 |
| 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5395 |
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:17567 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17567 | ||
| Title: | USN-545-1 -- link-grammar vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Alin Rad Pop discovered that AbiWord's Link Grammar parser did not correctly handle overly-long words. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-545-1 CVE-2007-5395 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 7.10 | Product(s): | link-grammar |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20331 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20331 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1432-1 link-grammar - buffer overflow | ||
| Description: | Alin Rad Pop discovered that link-grammar, Carnegie Mellon University's link grammar parser for English, performed insufficient validation within its tokenizer, which could allow a malicious input file to execute arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1432-1 CVE-2007-5395 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | link-grammar |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for link-grammar vulnerability USN-545-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_545_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3235 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3235_link-grammar_fc8.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3339 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3339_link-grammar_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-27 (link-grammar) File : nvt/glsa_200711_27.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1432-1 (link-grammar) File : nvt/deb_1432_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 42074 | Link Grammar tokenize.c separate_sentence() Function Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-12-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1432.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-29 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-545-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-20 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200711-27.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-3339.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-3235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:15:51 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:13:44 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:20:36 |
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| 2018-10-16 00:19:18 |
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| 2017-07-29 12:02:36 |
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| 2016-04-26 16:41:46 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:42:06 |
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| 2013-05-11 10:39:00 |
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