Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix ha VCSI18N_LANG memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file ha. The manipulation of the argument VCSI18N_LANG leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3566. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file ha. The manipulation of the argument VCSI18N_LANG 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in various ha commands of VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX before 4.0MP2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long VCSI18N_LANG environment variable to (1) haagent, (2) haalert, (3) haattr, (4) hacli, (5) hacli_runcmd, (6) haclus, (7) haconf, (8) hadebug, (9) hagrp, (10) hahb, (11) halog, (12) hareg, (13) hares, (14) hastatus, (15) hasys, (16) hatype, (17) hauser, and (18) tststew.

The bug was discovered 08/19/2005. The weakness was disclosed 11/09/2005 by Kevin Finisterre with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared at securityresponse.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3566 since 11/16/2005. The attack can only be done within the local network. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

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 82 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at veritas.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22986), Exploit-DB (1316), SecurityFocus (BID 15349†), OSVDB (20673†) and Secunia (SA17502†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Patch: veritas.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3566 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1877
X-Force: 22986 - Multiple Symantec VERITAS products \, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 15349 - VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17502 - VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20673 - VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX Multiple ha Command VCSI18N_LANG Variable Local Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015169
Vupen: ADV-2005-2350

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

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2005 10:06
Updated: 01/01/2025 12:43
Changes: 11/10/2005 10:06 (82), 07/05/2019 10:15 (4), 01/01/2025 12:43 (15)
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