DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5037
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037
Upstream
Published
2007-09-24T00:17:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:25.975839Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / inotify-tools

Package

Name
inotify-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/inotify-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037.json"

Debian:12 / inotify-tools

Package

Name
inotify-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/inotify-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037.json"

Debian:13 / inotify-tools

Package

Name
inotify-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/inotify-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037.json"

Debian:14 / inotify-tools

Package

Name
inotify-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/inotify-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037.json"