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openwsman HTTP Basic Authentication Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA31410
Release Date: 2008-08-18
Popularity: 3,046 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:openwsman 1.x
openwsman 2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in openwsman, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

A boundary error in openwsmand when decoding HTTP basic authentication headers can be exploited to cause buffer overflows and potentially to execute arbitrary code.

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