University of California SETI@home 3.03 Command Line Option memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in University of California SETI@home 3.03. This affects an unknown function of the component Command Line Option Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-1553. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of California SETI@home 3.03. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Command Line Option Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1553 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

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Timelineinfo

12/31/2001 🔍
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07/14/2005 +1291 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3284 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1734 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17872

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:31
Updated: 04/11/2019 00:27
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:31 (46), 04/11/2019 00:27 (1)
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