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A vulnerability was found in Jean-Jacques Sarton Mtink 0.9.32/0.9.33/0.9.52. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component printer-drivers. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of a Environment Variable 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 the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

The weakness was presented 02/07/2003 by Karol Wiesek (Website). The advisory is shared at idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0034. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13995 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-drivers (MDKSA-2003:010)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (13995). See 20114 and 20115 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Jean-Jacques Sarton

Name

• Mtink

Version

• 0.9.32
• 0.9.33
• 0.9.52

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 13995
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-drivers (MDKSA-2003:010)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/21/2003 🔍
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02/07/2003 +17 days 🔍
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08/07/2014 +3659 days 🔍
04/22/2019 +1719 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Karol Wiesek
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0034 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1005959
SecurityFocus: 6656 - MTink Printer Status Monitor Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 17:48
Updated: 04/22/2019 11:54
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:48 (67), 04/22/2019 11:54 (3)
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