28136 : Cscope Command Line reffile Argument Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-08-24

Description

Cscope contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when a boundary error occurs within the parsing of command line arguments. It is possible that the flaw may allow the attacker to cause stack-based buffer overflow by supplying a very long 'reffile' argument resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

N/A	Cscope	15.5
		15.3
		15.1

References

CVE ID: 2006-4262 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21601 22239 22515
Related OSVDB ID: 28135
Vendor URL: http://cscope.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Will Drewry - wadgoogle.com - Google Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-08-23 | Disagree?

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