CVE-2008-5279 (GCVE-0-2008-5279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-29 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
The Local ZIM Server (zcs.exe) in Zilab Chat and Instant Messaging (ZIM) Server 2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) heap-based buffer overflows involving multiple vectors including a long room name and a long source account, and (2) a stack-based buffer overflow with a long username in an information request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2008-02-21 00:00
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