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A vulnerability was found in John Bradley xv 3.10a and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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:

Format string vulnerability in xv before 3.10a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename.

The weakness was released 05/02/2005 by Tavis Ormandy (Website). The advisory is available at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0665 since 03/07/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19060 (FreeBSD : xv -- filename handling format string vulnerability (a4bd3039-9a48-11d9-a256-0001020eed82)), 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 to version 3.10a 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 (19607) and Tenable (19060).

Productinfo

Vendor

• John Bradley

Name

• xv

Version

• 3.10a

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19060
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : xv -- filename handling format string vulnerability (a4bd3039-9a48-11d9-a256-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52153
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: xv, ja-xv
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: xv 3.10a

Timelineinfo

03/04/2005 🔍
03/04/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/07/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/07/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2005 +14 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +42 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +72 days 🔍
07/25/2005 +12 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3515 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0665 (🔍)
X-Force: 19607
Vulnerability Center: 8696 - Format String Vulnerability in XV < 3.10a via Malformed Filename, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12725 - XV File Name Handling Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 14485 - xv Filename Format String Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14599 - xv Image Filename Format String

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/07/2019 14:27
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (72), 06/07/2019 14:27 (6)
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