National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3251

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the array_push function in hashcash.c for Hashcash before 1.21 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entries.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 18659

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18659

External Source: XF

Name: hashcash-arraypush-bo(27422)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27422

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2551

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2551

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.hashcash.org/source/CHANGELOG

Hyperlink:http://www.hashcash.org/source/CHANGELOG

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-25

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-25.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1114

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1114

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21146

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21146

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20846

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20846

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20800

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20800