Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0 ximp40 arg0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0. Impacted is an unknown function in the library ximp40. Such manipulation of the argument arg0 leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0165. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function in the library ximp40. The manipulation of the argument arg0 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in ximp40 shared library in Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "arg0" (process name) argument.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2001. The weakness was shared 05/03/2001 by Shadow (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0165. 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. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 92 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6039), Exploit-DB (20603), SecurityFocus (BID 2322†), OSVDB (1752†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20441†). 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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Access: Public
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Shadow
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16604
X-Force: 6039
SecurityFocus: 2322 - Solaris ximp40 Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1752 - Sun Solaris OS, Buffer Overflow in 'ximp40' Library
Vulnerability Center: 20441 - Sun Solaris 7-8 Ximp40 Library Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 17:05
Updated: 01/05/2025 05:51
Changes: 07/03/2014 17:05 (67), 08/23/2019 15:05 (3), 01/05/2025 05:51 (19)
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