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security flaw

🗓️ 26 Apr 2005 16:31:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Buffer overflow flaw in sharutils up to 4.2.1 allows arbitrary code via long wc output to shar or unshar.

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BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 / 4 : sharutils (CESA-2005:377)
3 Jul 200600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : sharutils -- buffer overflows (26c9e8c6-1c99-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)
23 Apr 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : sharutils -- buffer overflows (178)
18 Oct 200400:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		GLSA-200410-01 : sharutils: Buffer overflows in shar.c and unshar.c
1 Oct 200400:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sharutils (MDKSA-2005:067)
8 Apr 200500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		RHEL 4 : sharutils (RHSA-2005:377)
27 Apr 200500:00
–nessus
Cent OS		cvs, sharutils security update
26 Apr 200517:53
–centos
Cent OS		sharutils security update
26 Apr 200522:37
–centos
CVE		CVE-2004-1773
28 Mar 200505:00
–cve
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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3i386sharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ia64sharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ppcsharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390sharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390xsharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3x86_64sharutils0:4.2.1-16.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-16.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386sharutils0:4.2.1-22.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-22.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64sharutils0:4.2.1-22.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-22.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcsharutils0:4.2.1-22.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-22.2.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390sharutils0:4.2.1-22.2sharutils-0:4.2.1-22.2.s390.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:32Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.02992
buffer overflowsharutilssharunsharword countarbitrary code
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