SLRN 0.9.6.2/0.9.6.3/0.9.6.4 spooldir -d memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SLRN 0.9.6.2/0.9.6.3/0.9.6.4. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component spooldir Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -d leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0740. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SLRN 0.9.6.2/0.9.6.3/0.9.6.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component spooldir Handler. The manipulation of the argument -d 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 slrnpull for the SLRN package, when installed setuid or setgid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -d (SPOOLDIR) argument.

The weakness was released 08/12/2002 by Alex Hernandez (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0740. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8910), Exploit-DB (21408) and SecurityFocus (BID 4569†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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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
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Timelineinfo

04/22/2002 🔍
08/12/2002 +112 days 🔍
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07/22/2014 +4362 days 🔍
03/07/2025 +3880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Alex Hernandez
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0740 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18626
X-Force: 8910
SecurityFocus: 4569 - SLRNPull Spool Directory Command Line Parameter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 23:08
Updated: 03/07/2025 00:38
Changes: 07/22/2014 23:08 (53), 06/08/2018 11:17 (1), 06/23/2024 20:38 (17), 03/07/2025 00:38 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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