Jean-Jacques Sarton Mtink 0.9.32/0.9.33/0.9.52 printer-drivers Home memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Jean-Jacques Sarton Mtink 0.9.32/0.9.33/0.9.52. Impacted is an unknown function of the component printer-drivers. This manipulation of the argument Home as part of Environment Variable causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2003-0034. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jean-Jacques Sarton Mtink 0.9.32/0.9.33/0.9.52. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component printer-drivers. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

The weakness was presented 02/07/2003 by Karol Wiesek (Website). The advisory is shared at idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0034. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13995 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-drivers (MDKSA-2003:010)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (22189), Tenable (13995), SecurityFocus (BID 6656†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1005959†). See VDB-20114 and VDB-20115 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 13995
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-drivers (MDKSA-2003:010)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Karol Wiesek
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0034 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0034
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20113
SecurityFocus: 6656 - MTink Printer Status Monitor Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1005959

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

Created: 08/07/2014 17:48
Updated: 11/21/2024 10:17
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:48 (67), 04/22/2019 11:54 (3), 11/21/2024 10:17 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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