Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29254
Revision Date:2015-08-17Version:9
Title:RHSA-2009:1102 -- cscope security update (Moderate)
Description:An updated cscope package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker couldcreate a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope tocrash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope.(CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148)All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, whichcontains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances ofcscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CESA-2009:1102-CentOS 5
CVE-2004-2541
CVE-2009-0148
RHSA-2009:1102
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):cscope
Definition Synopsis
  • Operation system section
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • AND cscope is earlier than 0:15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
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