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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FreeSSHD 1.2.1 (SSH Server Software). This vulnerability affects 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. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.
The bug was discovered 10/22/2008. The weakness was published 10/27/2008 by Jeremy Brown with Brown (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4762 since 10/27/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
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 databases at X-Force (46046) and Exploit-DB (6800).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 900165
OpenVAS Name: freeSSHd SFTP rename and realpath Remote DoS Vulnerability
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Sources
Advisory: xforce.iss.netResearcher: Jeremy Brown
Organization: Brown
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-4762 (🔍)
X-Force: 46046
SecurityTracker: 1021096
Vulnerability Center: 19908 - FreeSSHd 1.2.1 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Users to Execute Code or Cause DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 31872 - freeSSHd SFTP 'rename' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 32366
OSVDB: 50057 - freeSSHd - SFTP 'rename' Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2897
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/20/2019 09:49
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (62), 08/20/2019 09:49 (14)
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