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CVE-2008-7224

Impact:: Important
Public Date:: 2006-07-29
CWE:: CWE-193

Bugzilla:: 523258: CVE-2008-7224 elinks: entity_cache static array buffer overflow (off-by-one)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in entity_cache in ELinks before 0.11.4rc0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted link.

Find out more about CVE-2008-7224 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score	6.8
Base Metrics	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (elinks)	RHSA-2009:1471	2009-10-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (elinks)	RHSA-2009:1471	2009-10-01

Last Modified 2018-05-02T03:50:51+00:00

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