PT-2004-2912 · Netcat · Netcat

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2016

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetChat versions 7.3 and earlier

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP server, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.

Recommendations For versions 7.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 7.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2016

Affected Products

Netcat

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10353 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11637 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2016 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481422130354&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16165 · Note