CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0805

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in UMN gopher daemon (gopherd) 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.6 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long filename as a result of a LIST command, and (2) the GSisText function, which calculates the view-type.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to remote code execution, posing a serious security threat to systems using gopherd.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to gopherd version 3.0.6 or later to mitigate these security vulnerabilities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple buffer overflows in UMN gopher daemon (gopherd) 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long filename as a result of a LIST command, and (2) the GSisText function, which calculates the view-type.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS