Gnuplot 3.7 on SuSE Linux French Documentation Patch memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gnuplot 3.7 on SuSE Linux. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component French Documentation Patch. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-2259. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Gnuplot 3.7 on SuSE Linux. This issue affects an unknown function of the component French Documentation Patch. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was released 12/31/2002 by FIRST with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared at suse.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-2259 since 10/17/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10801) and SecurityFocus (BID 6329†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Gnuplot

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.7
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gnuplot 3.7

Timelineinfo

12/06/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +25 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
10/17/2007 +1751 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +2485 days 🔍
06/12/2018 +1406 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: suse.com
Researcher: FIRST
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19901
X-Force: 10801 - Gnuplot French documentation buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 6329 - SuSE GNUPlot French Documentation Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 18:27
Updated: 06/12/2018 10:52
Changes: 08/06/2014 18:27 (53), 06/12/2018 10:52 (4)
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