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HistoryMay 20, 2004 - 12:00 a.m.

cadaver heap-based buffer overflow

2004-05-2000:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
17

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

EPSS

0.019

Percentile

88.6%

Background

cadaver is a command-line WebDAV client.

Description

Stefan Esser discovered a vulnerability in the code of the neon library (see GLSA 200405-13). This library is also included in cadaver.

Impact

When connected to a malicious WebDAV server, this vulnerability could allow remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running cadaver.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest available version of cadaver.

Resolution

All users of cadaver should upgrade to the latest stable version:

 # emerge sync

 # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/cadaver-0.22.2"
 # emerge ">=net-misc/cadaver-0.22.2"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-misc/cadaver<= 0.22.1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

EPSS

0.019

Percentile

88.6%