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    1 vulnerability by wordnet

    CVE-2008-2149 (GCVE-0-2008-2149)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
    VLAI
    Summary
    Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211491 x_refsource_CONFIRM
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31654 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32184 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1634 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20081… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1527… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29208 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
    Date Public
    2008-05-09 00:00
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