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CVE-2009-0537

Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and earlier and (2) Microsoft Interix 6.0 build 10.0.6030.0 a

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Summary

Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and earlier and (2) Microsoft Interix 6.0 build 10.0.6030.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a deep directory tree, related to the fts_level structure member, as demonstrated by (a) du, (b) rm, (c) chmod, and (d) chgrp on OpenBSD; and (e) SearchIndexer.exe on Vista Enterprise.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-8163

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 7

Exploit-DB

securitytracker.com

securityreason.com

openbsd.org

securityfocus.com