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A vulnerability has been found in OpenBSD 1.1.60/1.2.40 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function sprintf
of the component Perl. 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 weakness was disclosed 01/05/2006 by Steven M. Christey with OpenBSD (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openbsd.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-3912. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21504 (FreeBSD : perl, webmin, usermin -- perl format string integer wrap vulnerability (bb33981a-7ac6-11da-bf72-00123f589060)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11887 (Webmin prior to 1.500 Multiple Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (21504). The entries 696, 1756, 1755 and 2338 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21504
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : perl, webmin, usermin -- perl format string integer wrap vulnerability (bb33981a-7ac6-11da-bf72-00123f589060)
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Sources
Advisory: openbsd.orgResearcher: Steven M. Christey
Organization: OpenBSD
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-3912 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 15629 - Perl Perl_sv_vcatpvfn Format String Integer Wrap Vulnerability
Secunia: 18295
OSVDB: 22255 - OpenBSD Perl Interpreter sprintf Function Local Overflow
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Entry
Created: 05/05/2016 17:52Updated: 07/28/2022 14:40
Changes: 05/05/2016 17:52 (55), 01/11/2019 12:11 (6), 07/28/2022 14:34 (2), 07/28/2022 14:38 (7), 07/28/2022 14:40 (1)
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