PT-2015-2199 · Remind · Remind

Dianne Skoll · Published 2015-08-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-5957

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 Remind versions prior to 3.1.15

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the DumpSysVar function, located in var.c, which can be exploited by attackers to have an unspecified impact via a long name. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.15, update to version 3.1.15 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting input to prevent long names from being processed by the DumpSysVar function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11545

CVE-2015-5957

DLA-289-1

MGASA-2015-0299

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10089-1

Affected Products

Remind

References · 19

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1 · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0299.html · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11545 · Security Note
• http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10089-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5957 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5957 · Security Note