CVE-2005-2772 Information

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long +VIEWS:\ reply which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112559902931614&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/16614/ http://secunia.com/advisories/17016 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-832 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619812 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14693 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22053