| Name | CVE-2015-5957 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the DumpSysVar function in var.c in Remind before 3.1.15 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long name. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-289-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| remind (PTS) | jessie | 03.01.13-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 03.01.15-1 | fixed |
| buster | 03.01.16-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 03.03.01-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 04.02.03-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 04.03.06-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| remind | source | squeeze | 03.01.05-2+deb6u1 | | DLA-289-1 | |
| remind | source | (unstable) | 03.01.15-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
Non-exploitable starting with Wheezy due to D_FORTIFY_SOURCE