Joe Rumsey xgalaga 2.0.34 Home memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Joe Rumsey xgalaga 2.0.34 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument Home as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0454. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Joe Rumsey xgalaga 2.0.34. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in xgalaga 2.0.34 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

The weakness was released 06/28/2003 by Steve Kemp (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0454 since 06/23/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15171 (Debian DSA-334-1 : xgalaga - buffer overflows), 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 immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12459), Exploit-DB (71), Tenable (15171), SecurityFocus (BID 8058†) and OSVDB (10613†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15171
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-334-1 : xgalaga - buffer overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 53623
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 334-1 (xgalaga)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/29/2003 +1 days 🔍
08/07/2003 +39 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +245 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +173 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3606 days 🔍
11/26/2024 +3757 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Steve Kemp
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0454 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0454
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20631
X-Force: 12459
SecurityFocus: 8058 - XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 10613 - xgalaga HOME Variable Overflow

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 18:23
Updated: 11/26/2024 19:43
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:23 (71), 05/01/2019 10:09 (3), 11/26/2024 19:43 (18)
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