CVE-2005-3346 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in OSH to inject environment variables and execute arbitrary code, potentially escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3346?
CVE-2005-3346 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the environment variable substitution code in main.c in OSH 1.7-14 allows local users to inject arbitrary environment variables, such as LD_PRELOAD, via pathname arguments of the form "$VAR/EVAR=arg", which cause the EVAR portion to be appended to a buffer returned by a getenv function call.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3346?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Osh Osh.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3346?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2005-3346 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-3346 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rv45-fc47-3rhr.