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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Matthew Smith mICQ 0.4.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Description Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in micq client 0.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long Description field.
The bug was discovered 01/18/2001. The weakness was published 03/26/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0233. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14849 (Debian DSA-012-1 : micq - remote buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5962) and Tenable (14849). redhat.com is providing further details.
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 14849
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-012-1 : micq - remote buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53775
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 012-1 (micq)
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0233 (🔍)
X-Force: 5962
Vulnerability Center: 15133 - micq Buffer Overflow via Long Description Field, High
SecurityFocus: 2254 - mICQ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6988 - mICQ - Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 16:22Updated: 07/19/2019 11:04
Changes: 07/03/2014 16:22 (70), 07/19/2019 11:04 (10)
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