Vixie Cron 5.0 MAILTO memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Vixie Cron 5.0 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument MAILTO as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0768. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vixie Cron 5.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument MAILTO as part of a Environment Variable 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:

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron on Red Hat systems via the MAILTO environmental variable.

The weakness was released 08/25/1999 by FIRST with Redhat (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0768. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19469) and SecurityFocus (BID 602†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14803 and VDB-14802. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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06/21/2014 +5414 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: FIRST
Organization: Redhat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14801
SecurityFocus: 602 - Vixie Cron Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 21:34
Updated: 10/13/2024 21:20
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:34 (56), 04/04/2019 17:26 (2), 10/13/2024 21:20 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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