CVE-2004-2372

Description

Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable, which is used if the .bochsrc, bochsrc, and bochsrc.txt cannot be found in a known path. NOTE: some external documents recommend that Bochs be installed setuid root, so this should be treated as a vulnerability.

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@mitre.org — Patch
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — VDB Entry