# CVE-2007-2602: Buffer overflow in MIBEXTRA.EXE in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arb

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-05-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in MIBEXTRA.EXE in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long MIB filename argument. NOTE: If there is not a common scenario under which MIBEXTRA.EXE is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

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## Related

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## References

- http://osvdb.org/36217
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468070/100/0/threaded
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2708

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