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CVE ID:CVE-2008-3908
Description:Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context- dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
Test IDs: None available
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3908
BugTraq ID: 30958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
Bugtraq: 20080901 [oCERT-2008-014] WordNet stack and heap overflows (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
XForce ISS Database: wordnet-binsrch-search-bo(44851)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
XForce ISS Database: wordnet-morph-search-bo(44848)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
XForce ISS Database: wordnet-morphinit-bo(44849)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
XForce ISS Database: wordnet-wninit-bo(44850)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850




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