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cscope: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):

cscope

CVE #(s):

CVE-2009-1577

Created:

May 25, 2009

Updated:

June 16, 2009

Description:

From the Gentoo advisory:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows were reported in the putstring function when processing an overly long function name or symbol in a source code file (CVE-2009-1577).

Alerts:

CentOS	CESA-2009:1101	2009-06-16
Red Hat	RHSA-2009:1101-01	2009-06-15
Gentoo	200905-02	2009-05-24

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