Comix 3.6.4 denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Comix 3.6.4. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Comix 3.6.4 creates temporary directories with predictable names, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service.

The bug was discovered 04/09/2008. The weakness was presented 04/15/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1796 since 04/15/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31821 (Fedora 8 : comix-3.6.4-6.fc8 (2008-2981)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41854) and Tenable (31821).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 31821
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : comix-3.6.4-6.fc8 (2008-2981)
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OpenVAS ID: 60873
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-29 (comix)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1796 (🔍)
X-Force: 41854
Vulnerability Center: 18306 - Comix 3.6.4 Local DoS Related to Improper Temporary Directories Creation, Low
Secunia: 29956
OSVDB: 44726 - CVE-2008-1796 - Comix - Denial-Of-Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/09/2019 21:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 08/09/2019 21:28 (7)
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