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CVE-2013-4256 (GCVE-0-2013-4256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-09 14:44 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Network Audio System (NAS) 1.9.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) display command argument to the ProcessCommandLine function in server/os/utils.c; (2) ResetHosts function in server/os/access.c; (3) open_unix_socket, (4) open_isc_local, (5) open_xsight_local, (6) open_att_local, or (7) open_att_svr4_local function in server/os/connection.c; the (8) AUDIOHOST environment variable to the CreateWellKnownSockets or (9) AmoebaTCPConnectorThread function in server/os/connection.c; or (10) unspecified vectors related to logging in the osLogMsg function in server/os/aulog.c.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/19/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://radscan.com/pipermail/nas/2013-August/0012… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://sourceforge.net/p/nas/code/288 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2771 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61848 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1986-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2013-08-07 00:00
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