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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ekg 2005-04-11. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Memory leak in the token OCR functionality in ekg before 1:1.7~rc2-1etch1 on Debian GNU/Linux Etch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
The bug was discovered 06/22/2007. The weakness was released 06/22/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1665 since 03/24/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25584 (Debian DSA-1318-1 : ekg - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2005-04-11 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 (35136) and Tenable (25584). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 25933, 25862, 37495 and 37494.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory leakCWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 25584
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1318-1 : ekg - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58424
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1318-1 (ekg)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: ekg 2005-04-11
Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-1665 (🔍)
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X-Force: 35136
Vulnerability Center: 15518 - EKG Memory Leak in the token OCR functionality Allows DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24600 - EKG Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 45379 - ekg on Debian Linux Token OCR Functionality Remote Memory Exhaustion DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/15/2015 15:58Updated: 07/21/2019 11:01
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 07/21/2019 11:01 (2)
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