Ingres 2.6/2006 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ingres 2.6/2006. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.

The weakness was presented 08/05/2008 with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3389 since 07/30/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (44179). See 43542 and 43541 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ingres 2.6

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Advisory: support.ca.com
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3389 (🔍)
X-Force: 44179 - Ingres Database libbecompat library buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1020615
SecurityFocus: 30512 - Ingres Database Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31357
Vupen: ADV-2008-2292

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (62)
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