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9.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Cscope up to 15.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.
The bug was discovered 04/30/2009. The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2009 by Security Team with Apple (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0148 since 01/16/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38880 (Debian DSA-1806-1 : cscope - buffer overflows), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155860 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for cscope (ELSA-2009-1101)).
Upgrading to version 15.0bl2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50302) and Tenable (38880). The entries 23424, 23858, 30376 and 31923 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 38880
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1806-1 : cscope - buffer overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 64039
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1806-1 (cscope)
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Upgrade: Cscope 15.0bl2
Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: us-cert.govResearcher: Security Team
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0148 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50302
SecurityTracker: 1022218
Vulnerability Center: 22071 - Cscope < 15.7a Multiple Buffer Overflows Allow Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34805 - Cscope Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34978
OSVDB: 56273 - Cscope files or directories buffer overflow
Vupen: ADV-2009-1238
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 09/04/2019 10:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (85), 09/04/2019 10:20 (5)
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