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Critical
CVE-2008-4762
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021096
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32366
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31872
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4515
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497746/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6812
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46046
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2897
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6800
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 28th, 2008
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.