VDB-25821 · CVE-2005-1850 · BID 14307

ekg up to 1.5 Rc2 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in ekg up to 1.5 Rc2. This affects an unknown code block. 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:

Certain contributed scripts for ekg Gadu Gadu client 1.5 and earlier create temporary files insecurely, with unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1916.

The bug was discovered 07/18/2005. The weakness was released 07/19/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1850 since 06/06/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/07/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20568 (Ubuntu 5.04 : ekg vulnerabilities (USN-162-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (20568). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 25822.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 20568
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 5.04 : ekg vulnerabilities (USN-162-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 54370
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 760-1 (ekg)
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07/18/2005 +42 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3342 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1850 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 8721 - Insecure Temporary Files Creation in Gadu Gadu Client <= 1.5, Critical
SecurityFocus: 14307 - EKG Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 18072 - CVE-2005-1850 - EKG - Insecure File Creation Issue

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/07/2019 18:01
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (68), 06/07/2019 18:01 (7)
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