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sharutils — security advisory
Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.
- Products
- sharutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:4.2.1-12
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-1773
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1773
sharutils
Fixed versions: 1:4.2.1-12
sharutils
Fixed versions: 1:4.2.1-12
sharutils
Fixed versions: 1:4.2.1-12
Complete source record
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