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CVE-2005-3346
Buffer overflow in the environment variable substitution code in main.c...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the environment variable substitution code in main.c in OSH 1.7-14 allows local users to inject arbitrary environment variables, such as LD_PRELOAD, via pathname arguments of the form "$VAR/EVAR=arg", which cause the EVAR portion to be appended to a buffer returned by a getenv function call.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.osvdb.org/20720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23091
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17967
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338312
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17527
- http://pulltheplug.org/users/core/files/x_osh3.sh
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2378
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
osh
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.14
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 20th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.