CVE-2004-1772
Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-03-28 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 17dfa60a814d2bf629deb5ef3c67b1571902e969d1486f6dd5b209f7ffad12fa
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.infoOpenPKG-SA-2004.011http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108137386310299&w=2
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2155https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2155
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11722https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11722
- www.securityfocus.com10066http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10066
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsharutils-shar-bo(15759)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15759
- www.securityfocus.com20040406 GNU Sharutils buffer overflow vulnerability.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/359639
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:377http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sharutils Fixed in 1:4.2.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sharutils Fixed in 1:4.2.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sharutils Fixed in 1:4.2.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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