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CVE-2004-1772

Published: Dec 31, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1772
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SharutilsGnu4.2 (including)4.2 (including)
SharutilsGnu4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatsharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatsharutils-0:4.2.1-22.2*
SharutilsUbuntudapper*
SharutilsUbuntudevel*
SharutilsUbuntuedgy*
SharutilsUbuntufeisty*

References

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