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CVE-2008-3229

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
18/07/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in op before Changeset 563, when xauth support is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a long XAUTHORITY environment variable.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:swapoff:op:1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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