PT-2008-5241 · Princeton · Princeton Wordnet

Published 2008-09-04 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3908

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Princeton WordNet version 3.0

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved through various means, including a long argument on the command line, long WNSEARCHDIR, WNHOME, or WNDBVERSION environment variables, or a user-supplied dictionary. It's noted that since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, the issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third-party component.

Recommendations For Princeton WordNet version 3.0, consider restricting the use of the command line argument and limiting the length of WNSEARCHDIR, WNHOME, and WNDBVERSION environment variables to prevent exploitation. Additionally, validate and sanitize user-supplied dictionaries to minimize the risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

AZL-37061

AZL-7423

CVE-2008-3908

DSA-1634-1

DTSA-163-1

Affected Products

Princeton Wordnet

References · 18

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3908 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-7423 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30958 · Patch
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-37061 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32184 · Note