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HIGH

security flaw

Published Aug 5, 2004

Description

Buffer overflow in the extract_one function from lhext.c in LHA may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long w (working directory) command line option, a different issue than CVE-2004-0769. NOTE: this issue may be REJECTED if there are not any cases in which LHA is setuid or is otherwise used across security boundaries.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (14)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 5, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Aug 4, 2004
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 15, 2004