Richard Everitt Pileup 1.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Richard Everitt Pileup 1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0989. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Richard Everitt Pileup 1.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflows in Pileup before 1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges via (1) long command line arguments, or (2) a long callsign.

The weakness was shared 07/23/2001 with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0989. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Charles Stevenson and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8924), Exploit-DB (1170), SecurityFocus (BID 3086†) and OSVDB (14076†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Charles Stevenson
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pileup 1.2

Timelineinfo

07/13/2001 🔍
07/13/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/22/2001 +9 days 🔍
07/23/2001 +1 days 🔍
07/23/2001 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +990 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +3741 days 🔍
10/07/2024 +3745 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Organization: Debian
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-0989 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17084
X-Force: 8924
SecurityFocus: 3086 - Richard Everitt Pileup Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14076 - Pileup Multiple Local Command Line / Callsign Overflows

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 16:01
Updated: 10/07/2024 13:14
Changes: 07/07/2014 16:01 (57), 05/31/2018 10:29 (8), 10/07/2024 13:14 (16)
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