Ehud Gavron Tracesroute 6.0/6.1/6.1.1 probes memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Ehud Gavron Tracesroute 6.0/6.1/6.1.1. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument probes leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1387. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ehud Gavron Tracesroute 6.0/6.1/6.1.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument probes 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:

The spray mode in traceroute-nanog (aka traceroute-ng) may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations via an array index overflow using the nprobes (number of probes) argument.

The weakness was disclosed 01/02/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1387. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15091 (Debian DSA-254-1 : traceroute-nanog - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (15091) and SecurityFocus (BID 4956†). The entries VDB-18965, VDB-19249 and VDB-20071 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
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Nessus ID: 15091
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-254-1 : traceroute-nanog - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53723
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 254-1 (traceroute-nanog)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/02/2003 +210 days 🔍
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09/29/2004 +580 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +3599 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2517 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20072
SecurityFocus: 4956

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 14:53
Updated: 06/28/2021 11:22
Changes: 08/07/2014 14:53 (54), 06/13/2018 09:15 (9), 06/28/2021 11:22 (4)
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