Title : Gnome Manual Pages Editor Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3123 CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-11-12
Technical Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Gnome Manual Pages Editor (gmanedit), which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by buffer overflow errors in the "on_paxina_creada1_activate()", "on_opcions_programa1_activate()", "on_bpok_clicked()", "on_home_page1_activate()", "help_without_gnome()", and "open_man_file()" [callbacks.c] functions, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code when processing specially crafted input.
