Salim Gasmi GLD up to 1.4 Interface server.c handlechild memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Salim Gasmi GLD up to 1.4. This affects the function handlechild
of the file server.c of the component Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 the HandleChild function in server.c in Greylisting daemon (GLD) 1.3 and 1.4, when GLD is listening on a network interface, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The bug was discovered 04/12/2005. The weakness was published 04/12/2005 by dong-houn yoU (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1099 since 04/13/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/07/2019).
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18974 (FreeBSD : gld -- format string and buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6c2d4f29-af3e-11d9-837d-000e0c2e438a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8550.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20066) and Tenable (18974). Similar entry is available at 24851.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 18974
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : gld -- format string and buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6c2d4f29-af3e-11d9-837d-000e0c2e438a)
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OpenVAS ID: 52130
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gld
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MetaSploit ID: gld_postfix.rb
MetaSploit Name: Distributed Ruby Send instance_eval/syscall Code Execution
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Sources
Advisory: security.gentoo.orgResearcher: dong-houn yoU
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1099 (🔍)
X-Force: 20066
Vulnerability Center: 8685 - Buffer Overflows in GLD 1.3, 1.4 \x27server.c\x27 in HandleChild Function, Critical
SecurityFocus: 13129 - Salim Gasmi GLD Postfix Greylisting Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14941 - Gld Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 15492 - GLD server.c Remote Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 23:05Updated: 06/07/2019 12:42
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (95), 06/07/2019 12:42 (4)
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