# CVE-2005-0117: Buffer overflow in XShisen before 1.36 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GECOS field.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in XShisen before 1.36 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GECOS field.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/56971fa6-641c-11d9-a097-000854d03344.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=289784

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