{ "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" : "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] 20071108 Re: cygwin1.dll up to 1.5.22 overflow", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.html" }, { "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" : "[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" : "26557", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557" }, { "name" : "3406", "refsource" : "SREASON", "url" : "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3406" } ] } }