CVE-2010-5111 (GCVE-0-2010-5111)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:09
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Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in readline.c in Echoping 6.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted reply in the (1) TLS_readline or (2) SSL_readline function, related to the EchoPingHttps Smokeping probe.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2010-12-10 00:00
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