A vulnerability has been identified in MythControl, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error in the "sendToMythTV()" [MythControlServer/mythControlServer.c] function when handling an overly long command, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application or compromise an affected system via a specially crafted request.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Michal Bucko
ChangeLog
2007-01-03 : Initial release
2007-02-11 : Updated Solution
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