CVE-2004-1773

Publication date 31 December 2004

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
sharutils 7.04 feisty
Fixed 4.2.1-15
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.2.1-15
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.2.1-15