CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1773

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via long output from wc to shar, or unknown vectors in unshar.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system, leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update sharutils to a version later than 4.2.1 where this vulnerability is fixed.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.

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