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A vulnerability was found in FreeBSD 6.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component lpd. The manipulation as part of a Long DNS Hostname leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
buffer overflow in freebsd lpd through long dns hostnames.
The bug was discovered 11/30/1996. The weakness was disclosed 03/05/1997 by Yuri Volobuev (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at attrition.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0299. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/10/2019).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 95 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11354 (FreeBSD 2.x lpd Long DNS Hostname Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3382) and Tenable (11354).
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 11354
Nessus Name: FreeBSD 2.x lpd Long DNS Hostname Overflow
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Sources
Product: freebsd.orgAdvisory: attrition.org
Researcher: Yuri Volobuev
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0299 (🔍)
X-Force: 3382
Vulnerability Center: 1224 - Buffer Overflow in FreeBSD lpd Allows Arbitrary Code Execution with Root Privileges, Critical
OSVDB: 6093 - FreeBSD lpd Long DNS Hostname Overflow
Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 01:04Updated: 05/10/2019 07:39
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:04 (65), 05/10/2019 07:39 (4)
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