CVE-2004-1773

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.85% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory fedora.us Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2155	patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-01.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11298	vdb entry patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11093	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1773?: CVE-2004-1773 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1773?: To fix CVE-2004-1773, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1773 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1773 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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