# CVE-2007-0235: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop\_get\_proc\_map\_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-01-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop_get_proc_map_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a process with a long filename that is mapped in its address space, which triggers the overflow in gnome-system-monitor.

## 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

- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-972
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0187
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018526
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0765.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23840
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-17.xml
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396477
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24015
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23814
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31522
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-407-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1255
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgtop/2.14/libgtop-2.14.6.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26367
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23736
- http://osvdb.org/32815
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23872
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/79206
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22054
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29458

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