Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.osvdb.org/30546 | vdb entry vendor advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 | vendor advisory |