CVE-2007-5395

Publication date 8 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
link-grammar 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 4.2.2-4ubuntu0.7.10.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 4.2.2-4ubuntu0.7.04.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.2.2-4ubuntu0.6.10.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-545-1
    • link-grammar vulnerability
    • 26 November 2007

Other references