Digital OSF 1 3.x inc mail Utility MH memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digital OSF 1 3.x. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component inc mail Utility. The manipulation of the argument MH as part of Environment Variable results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-1128. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digital OSF 1 3.x. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component inc mail Utility. The manipulation of the argument MH as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in inc mail utility for Compaq Tru64/OSF1 3.x allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long MH environment variable.

The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 by Euan Briggs (ERNE) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1128. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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 (10147) and SecurityFocus (BID 5747†). The entries VDB-19031 and VDB-19033 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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09/18/2002 🔍
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07/30/2014 +4317 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Euan Briggs (ERNE)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1128 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1128
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19032
X-Force: 10147
SecurityFocus: 5747 - HP Tru64 Inc Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2014 12:54
Updated: 06/29/2024 23:56
Changes: 07/30/2014 12:54 (52), 04/19/2019 08:07 (2), 06/29/2024 23:56 (17)
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