dump up to 0.4 B29 /etc/dumpdates flock denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in dump. This impacts the function flock of the file /etc/dumpdates. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1914. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in dump. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function flock of the file /etc/dumpdates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (execution prevention) by using flock() to lock the /etc/dumpdates file.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 by lumpy (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1914 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 167 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19380 (RHEL 2.1 : dump (RHSA-2005:583)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117857 (CentOS Security Update for Dump (CESA-2005:583)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9632), Tenable (19380), SecurityFocus (BID 5264†), OSVDB (18531†) and Secunia (SA21520†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 19380
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : dump (RHSA-2005:583)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/17/2002 🔍
07/18/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +166 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +911 days 🔍
08/03/2005 +35 days 🔍
08/04/2005 +1 days 🔍
08/09/2005 +5 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +3283 days 🔍
09/01/2025 +4044 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: lumpy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-1914 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1914
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19556
X-Force: 9632
SecurityFocus: 5264 - Multiple Vendor Dump File Locking Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21520
OSVDB: 18531 - Multiple Vendor - Dump File Locking Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 8867 - Dump DoS via flock() Function, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2014 10:54
Updated: 09/01/2025 00:06
Changes: 08/05/2014 10:54 (66), 06/08/2019 09:31 (9), 09/01/2025 00:06 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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