CVE-2007-0235

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0235
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-16 18:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop_get_proc_map_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a process with a long filename that is mapped in its address space, which triggers the overflow in gnome-system-monitor.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libgtop Libgtop All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for libgtop2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for libgtop2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for libgtop - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libgtop: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgtop/2.14/libgtop-2.14.6.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
osvdb.org/32815 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
LibGTop Buffer Overflow in glibtop_get_proc_map_s() May Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-972 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for libgtop2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Libgtop2 Library Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 396477 – CVE-2007-0235: stack overflow in sysdeps/linux/procmap.c: glibtop_get_proc_map_s() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
Bug #79206 “[SECURITY] Buffer overflow in libgtop2” : Bugs : libgtop2 package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
libgtop2 "glibtop_get_proc_map_s()" Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for libgtop2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1255-1 libgtop2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for libgtop2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-407-1: libgtop2 vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-07-27Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libgtop as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. This flaw affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and is being tracked via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249884

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