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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Jeremy Elson tcpflow 0.10/0.11/0.12/0.20. This affects the function vfprintf
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow.
The bug was discovered 08/07/2003. The weakness was disclosed 08/07/2003 by Dave Goldsmith with @stake, Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared at atstake.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0671 since 08/07/2003. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at atstake.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at circlemud.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
Further details are available at tecchannel.de.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Format stringCWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Patch: circlemud.org
Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: atstake.comResearcher: Dave Goldsmith
Organization: @stake, Inc.
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0671 (🔍)
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 8366 - TCPflow Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 9475 - tcpflow Device Format String Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2383 - TCPflow, Format String Attack via IPNetSentryX or IPNetMonitorX Utility
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Entry
Created: 08/13/2003 11:21Updated: 06/26/2019 11:46
Changes: 08/13/2003 11:21 (70), 06/26/2019 11:46 (3)
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