PT-2015-2199
CVE-2015-5957
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Published
2015-08-01
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
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HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Remind versions prior to 3.1.15
Description
The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the
DumpSysVar function, located in var.c, which can be exploited by attackers to have an unspecified impact via a long name. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.1.15, update to version 3.1.15 or later to resolve the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting input to prevent long names from being processed by the
DumpSysVar function until a patch is available.Exploitability
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