ISC INN up to 2.4.1 art.c ARTpost memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ISC INN up to 2.4.1. This affects the function ARTpost of the file art.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the ARTpost function in art.c in the control message handling code for INN 2.4.0 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2004. The weakness was released 01/08/2004 by Russ Allbery with ISC as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0045. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18755 (Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : INN security update (SSA:2004-014-02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Slackware Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at isc.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12464. In this case the pattern cancel is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 30710.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14190) and Tenable (18755). Further details are available at securityfocus.com.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18755
Nessus Name: Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : INN security update (SSA:2004-014-02)
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OpenVAS ID: 52531
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: inn
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: isc.org

Snort ID: 12464
Snort Message: NNTP cancel overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2102427
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Russ Allbery
Organization: ISC
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0045 (🔍)
X-Force: 14190 - InterNetNews ARTpost control message handling buffer overflow, High Risk
Vulnerability Center: 3408 - INN 2.4.0 Allows Command Execution, High
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9382 - ISC INN Control Message Handling Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Secunia: 10578 - InterNetNews Control Message Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 6872 - INN Control Message Handling Code Overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2004 11:36
Updated: 06/27/2019 16:08
Changes: 01/09/2004 11:36 (104), 06/27/2019 16:08 (8)
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