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CVE-2009-0241 (GCVE-0-2009-0241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-21 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:24
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the process_path function in gmetad/server.c in Ganglia 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request to the gmetad service with a long pathname.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/33506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34228 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mail-archive.com/ganglia-developers%40… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33299 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2009-01-13 00:00
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