CVE-2008-3908

Name	CVE-2008-3908
Description	Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1634-1, DTSA-163-1
Debian Bugs	497441

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordnet (PTS)	buster	1:3.0-35	fixed
	bullseye	1:3.0-36	fixed
	sid, trixie, bookworm	1:3.0-37	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
wordnet	source	etch	1:2.1-4+etch1
wordnet	source	lenny	3.0-11+lenny1
wordnet	source	(unstable)	1:3.0-12	medium	497441

1:3.0-12 had a regression and the patch was slightly updated
by 1:3.0-13 to fix this bug