Cscope: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Cscope: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Multiple vulnerabilities in Cscope might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code. cscope 2009-05-24 2009-05-24 263023 remote 15.7a 15.7a

Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing source code.

James Peach of Apple discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in cscope's handling of long file system paths (CVE-2009-0148). Multiple stack-based buffer overflows were reported in the putstring function when processing an overly long function name or symbol in a source code file (CVE-2009-1577).

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted source file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cscope-15.7a"

CVE-2009-0148 CVE-2009-1577 keytoaster p-y p-y