Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
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://osvdb.org/40563 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27616 | third party advisory |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724 | vdb entry |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html | vendor advisory |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28221 | third party advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440 | vendor advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26825 | third party advisory patch vendor advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687 | vdb entry |