CVE-2008-1628 (GCVE-0-2008-1628)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the audit_log_user_command function in lib/audit_logging.c in Linux Audit before 1.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
14 references
Date Public
2008-03-30 00:00
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