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OpenBSD "realpath()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9447
Release Date: 2003-08-05
Last Update: 2003-08-15
Popularity: 9,208 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:OpenBSD 3.x

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error in the "realpath()" function. This may be exploited via an application using the vulnerable function by specifying a path where the resolved path length is exactly 1024 characters long.

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