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CVE-2004-0769

HIGH severity · CVSS 10
10CVSS HIGH

Summary

Buffer overflow in LHA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long pathnames in LHarc format 2 headers for a .LHZ archive, as originally demonstrated using the "x" option but also exploitable through "l" and "v", and fixed in header.c, a different issue than CVE-2004-0771.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51285 ↗