Pierre Beyssac Bing 1.0.4 DNS Lookup gethostbyaddr memory corruption
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A vulnerability has been found in Pierre Beyssac Bing 1.0.4 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function gethostbyaddr
of the component DNS Lookup Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 bing allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname, which is copied to a small buffer after a reverse DNS lookup using the gethostbyaddr function.
The weakness was presented 03/26/2001 by Paul Starzetz (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0207. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/03/2014).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6036).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Timeline
01/19/2001 🔍03/26/2001 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Paul Starzetz
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0207 (🔍)
X-Force: 6036 - Bing host name buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 2279 - bing gethostbyaddr Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 16:15Changes: 07/03/2014 16:15 (54)
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