CVE-2005-3346

Description

Buffer overflow in the environment variable substitution code in main.c in OSH 1.7-14 allows local users to inject arbitrary environment variables, such as LD_PRELOAD, via pathname arguments of the form "$VAR/EVAR=arg", which cause the EVAR portion to be appended to a buffer returned by a getenv function call.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.24%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/20720	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23091	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17967	third party advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338312
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-918	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15370	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17527	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://pulltheplug.org/users/core/files/x_osh3.sh
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2378	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3346?: CVE-2005-3346 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3346?: To fix CVE-2005-3346, 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-2005-3346 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-3346 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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