PT-2014-2196 · University Of California · Boinc

Published 2014-06-02 · Updated 2025-07-08 · CVE-2011-5280

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BOINC versions 6.13.x

Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows that can be triggered by remote attackers, leading to a denial of service (crash). This can occur via a long trickle-up to specific files, including client/cs trickle.cpp and db/db base.cpp.

Recommendations For BOINC version 6.13.x, consider updating to a newer version that addresses these buffer overflows to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5280

Affected Products

Boinc

References · 10

• 🔥 http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=commitdiff;h=5b04b249db166ec38c1ee99a9eadcaa300c0f454 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=commitdiff;h=ae04b50a71f3e96ee1bc59b76fca97cf0fe976f7 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5280 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5280 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5280 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-5280 · Vendor Advisory
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ae04b50a71f3e96ee1bc59b76fca97cf0fe976f7 · Note
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5b04b249db166ec38c1ee99a9eadcaa300c0f454 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/128039 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3 · Note