CVE-2008-3908
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3908
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-3908.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-3908
- Related
- Published
- 2008-09-04T17:41:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-25T05:00:09Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3908
Affected packages
Debian:11 / wordnet
Package
- Name
- wordnet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source
Debian:12 / wordnet
Package
- Name
- wordnet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source
Debian:13 / wordnet
Package
- Name
- wordnet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source