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CVE-2003-1228 (GCVE-0-2003-1228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-08-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:19
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the prepare_reply function in request.c for Mathopd 1.2 through 1.5b13, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long path.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5FP0C1FCAW.html x_refsource_MISC
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107064887507504&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9871 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2003-12-15 00:00
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