CVE-2004-1772

Published: 31 December 2004

Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.

Priority

Package	Release	Status
sharutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (4.2.1-15)
	edgy	Released (4.2.1-15)
	feisty	Released (4.2.1-15)
	upstream	Needs triage

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