SGI IRIX up to 6.5.15m SNMP Daemon memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in SGI IRIX. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SNMP Daemon. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0017. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SGI IRIX (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component SNMP Daemon. 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 overflow in SNMP daemon (snmpd) on SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.15m allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SNMP request.

The issue has been introduced in 06/01/1998. The weakness was released 04/03/2002 with ISS X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared for download at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1402 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7846) and SecurityFocus (BID 4421†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• SGI

Name

• IRIX

Version

• 6.5
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11f
• 6.5.11m
• 6.5.12f
• 6.5.12m
• 6.5.13f
• 6.5.13m
• 6.5.14f
• 6.5.14m
• 6.5.15f
• 6.5.15m

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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