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cscope -- buffer overflow

Affected packages
cscope < 15.6

Details

VuXML ID 91a2066b-5ab6-11de-bc9b-0030843d3802
Discovery 2009-05-31
Entry 2009-06-16

SecurityFocus reports:

Attackers may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions.

References

Bugtraq ID 34832
CVE Name CVE-2009-1577
URL http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19