Description (CNA)
Heap-based buffer overflow in cygwin1.dll in Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a filename with a certain length, as demonstrated by a remote authenticated user who uses the SCP protocol to send a file to the Cygwin machine, and thereby causes scp.exe on this machine to execute, and then overwrite heap memory with characters from the filename. NOTE: it is also reported that a related issue might exist in 1.5.7 through 1.5.19.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484153/100/0/threaded
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00024.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3406
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484153/100/0/threaded
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00024.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3406
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.html