Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-3916 | First vendor Publication | 2008-09-04 |
| 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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916 |
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:10678 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10678 | ||
| Title: | Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component. | ||
| Description: | Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-3916 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21744 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21744 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2008:0946: ed security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2008:0946-01 CVE-2008-3916 | Version: | 6 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | ed |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29199 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29199 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2008:0946 -- ed security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | An updated ed package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. ed is a line-oriented text editor, used to create, display, and modify text files (both interactively and via shell scripts). A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way ed, the GNU line editor, processed long file names. An attacker could create a file with a specially-crafted name that could possibly execute an arbitrary code when opened in the ed editor. (CVE-2008-3916) Users of ed should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2008:0946 CESA-2008:0946-CentOS 3 CESA-2008:0946-CentOS 2 CESA-2008:0946-CentOS 5 CVE-2008-3916 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 3 CentOS Linux 2 CentOS Linux 5 | Product(s): | ed |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 8 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for ed MDVSA-2008:200 (ed) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_200.nasl |
| 2009-03-06 | Name : RedHat Update for ed RHSA-2008:0946-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0946-01_ed.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : CentOS Update for ed CESA-2008:0946-01 centos2 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0946-01_ed_centos2_i386.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : CentOS Update for ed CESA-2008:0946 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0946_ed_centos3_i386.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : CentOS Update for ed CESA-2008:0946 centos3 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0946_ed_centos3_x86_64.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : CentOS Update for ed CESA-2008:0946 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0946_ed_centos4_i386.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : CentOS Update for ed CESA-2008:0946 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0946_ed_centos4_x86_64.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for ed FEDORA-2008-9236 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9236_ed_fc8.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for ed FEDORA-2008-9263 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9263_ed_fc9.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-15 (ed) File : nvt/glsa_200809_15.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 48045 | GNU ed signal.c strip_escapes Function Filename Handling Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-03-08 | Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0004_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-26 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0946.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20081021_ed_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-05-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_ed-101129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_ed-110111.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_ed-7301.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-03-05 | Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-27 | Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-200.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-31 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-9236.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-31 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-9263.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-22 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0946.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0946.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:13:35 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:16:25 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:08:00 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:08:21 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:22:12 |
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| 2018-10-12 00:20:27 |
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| 2017-09-29 09:23:42 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:24:21 |
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| 2016-04-26 17:47:35 |
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| 2016-03-09 13:25:54 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:46:22 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:25:05 |
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