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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2149
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-2149

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42378

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30242
  Secunia Advisory: SA31654
  Secunia Advisory: SA32184

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:182

GENTOO
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1634

CONFIRM

BID
  29208


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