CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1728

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the British National Corpus SARA daemon (sarad) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the client with a long string.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the SARA server, leading to a breach of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update the SARA software to the latest version or apply a patch that prevents buffer overflow.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in British National Corpus SARA (sarad) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the client with a long string.

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