Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3863
CVE-2005-3863
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in kkstrtext.h in ktools library 0.3 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) centericq, (2) orpheus, (3) motor, and (4) groan, allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the VGETSTRING macro.
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References
17- secunia.com/advisories/18081nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20368nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20446nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1083nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1088nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17768nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20329nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21684nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2605nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2062nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=8480/nvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-11.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-27.xmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/21161nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417906/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15600nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23233nvd
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