A vulnerability has been found in Scott Draves Electric Sheep 2.6.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Setuid. The manipulation of the argument window-id with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Electric Sheep 2.6.3 client allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long window-id parameter. NOTE: because the program is not setuid and not normally called from remote programs, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 12/29/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4581 since 12/29/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (23893). The entry VDB-27815 is related to this item.

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• Scott Draves

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• Electric Sheep

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• 2.6.3

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• end of life (old version)

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