CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5037
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-09-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• inotify inotify-tools (<= 3.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913 bugs.debian.org
- http://osvdb.org/40563 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26825 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27616 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28221 secunia.com
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752 sourceforge.net
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html www.redhat.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913 bugs.debian.org
- http://osvdb.org/40563 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26825 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27616 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28221 secunia.com
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752 sourceforge.net
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html www.redhat.com