KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.1.2 kdesud DISPLAY memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.1.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component kdesud. Such manipulation of the argument DISPLAY as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2000-0460. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.1.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component kdesud. The manipulation of the argument DISPLAY 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in KDE kdesud on Linux allows local uses to gain privileges via a long DISPLAY environmental variable.

The weakness was released 05/27/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0460. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for 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 (19970) and SecurityFocus (BID 1274†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15596
SecurityFocus: 1274 - KDE kdesud DISPLAY Environment Variable Overflow

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 18:10
Updated: 11/27/2024 03:53
Changes: 06/24/2014 18:10 (56), 05/24/2018 21:37 (1), 11/27/2024 03:53 (19)
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