Rocks Clusters 4.1 mount-loop.c system memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Rocks Clusters 4.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function system of the file mount-loop.c. The manipulation 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:

Rocks Clusters 4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via commands enclosed with escaped backticks (\`) in an argument to the (1) mount-loop (mount-loop.c) or (2) umount-loop (umount-loop.c) command, which is not filtered in a system function call.

The weakness was released 07/21/2006 by Xavier de Leon (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3693 since 07/18/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27758).

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Xavier de Leon
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3693 (🔍)
X-Force: 27758 - Rocks mount-loop and umount-loop privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 19003 - Rocks Clusters Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21065 - Rocks mount-loop / umount-loop Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-2833

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/31/2018 05:58
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (54), 07/31/2018 05:58 (9)
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