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  "id": "CVE-2008-3908",
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "published": "2008-09-04T17:41:00.000",
  "lastModified": "2018-10-11T20:50:22.513",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file).  NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "M\u00faltiples desbordamientos de b\u00fafer en Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 permite a atacantes dependientes de contexto ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de (1)un argumento largo en la l\u00ednea de comandos; una variable de entorno (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, o (4) WNDBVERSION; o (5) un diccionario user-supplied (tambi\u00e9n conocido como fichero de datos).\r\nNOTA: WordNet no se ejecuta con privilegios especiales, esta cuesti\u00f3n s\u00f3lo cruza las fronteras de los privilegios cuando WordNet est\u00e1 invocado como un componente de terceros.\r\n"
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
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          "baseScore": 10.0
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    {
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217",
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      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml",
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      "url": "http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt",
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      "url": "http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch",
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded",
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958",
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