{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-6181", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Heap-based buffer overflow in cygwin1.dll in Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a filename with a certain length, as demonstrated by a remote authenticated user who uses the SCP protocol to send a file to the Cygwin machine, and thereby causes scp.exe on this machine to execute, and then overwrite heap memory with characters from the filename. NOTE: it is also reported that a related issue might exist in 1.5.7 through 1.5.19." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[cygwin-developers] 20071120 Re: cygwin1.dll up to 1.5.22 overflow", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00026.html" }, { "name": "20071124 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Cygwin buffer overflow due incorrect filename length check", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484153/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "[cygwin-developers] 20071120 Re: cygwin1.dll up to 1.5.22 overflow", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00024.html" }, { "name": "3406", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3406" }, { "name": "26557", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557" }, { "name": "[cygwin-developers] 20071108 Re: cygwin1.dll up to 1.5.22 overflow", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.html" } ] } }