CVE-2008-3916

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-06-30
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
462584: CVE-2008-3916 ed: Heap-based buffer overflow (arb. code execution)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3916 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (ed) RHSA-2008:0946 2008-10-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ed) RHSA-2008:0946 2008-10-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (ed) RHSA-2008:0946 2008-10-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ed) RHSA-2008:0946 2008-10-21

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