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title: "CVE-2005-3863\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-3863

Publication date 29 November 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in kkstrtext.h in ktools library 0.3 and
earlier, as used in products such as (1) centericq, (2) orpheus, (3) motor,
and (4) groan, allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a long parameter to the VGETSTRING macro.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| centericq | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 4.21.0-10 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.21.0-10 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.21.0-10 |
| centerim | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 4.22.1-2.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 4.22.1-2.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 4.22.1-2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 4.22.1-2.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 4.22.1-2.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| motor | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.4.0-6 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 3.4.0-6 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.4.0-6 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 3.4.0-6 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| orpheus | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5-5 |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3863)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3863)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-3863)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3863)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3863>