PT-2007-1007 · Inotify Tools · Inotify-Tools

Published 2007-09-24 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-5037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: inotify-tools versions prior to 3.11

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the inotifytools snprintf function, which can be exploited by context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. Additionally, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the inotify-tools package that can lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, and these can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.11, update to version 3.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of long filenames to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01750

CVE-2007-5037

DSA-1440-1

Affected Products

Inotify-Tools

References · 17

• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01750 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5037 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25724 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27616 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/40563 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-1440 · Note