Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New inotify-tools packages fix arbitrary code execution |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1440 | First vendor Publication | 2007-12-28 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2007-12-28 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-2. The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11-1. We recommend that you upgrade your inotify-tools package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440 |
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 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:27:08 |
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