Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope.
(CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2006-4262, CVE-2009-0148, CVE-2009-1577)
All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Affected
cscope on CentOS 3
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2006-4262, CVE-2009-0148, CVE-2009-1577 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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