gkrellm-newsticker up to 0.3-3.0 URI privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in gkrellm-newsticker up to 0.3-3.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component URI Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2003-0205. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in gkrellm-newsticker up to 0.3-3.0. This affects some unknown functionality of the component URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

gkrellm-newsticker gkrellm plugin before 0.3-3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ticker title of a URI.

The weakness was released 05/12/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0205 since 04/14/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15131 (Debian DSA-294-1 : gkrellm-newsticker - missing quoting, incomplete parser), 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 to version 0.3-3.1 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 Tenable (15131) and SecurityFocus (BID 7414†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-20422. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 15131
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-294-1 : gkrellm-newsticker - missing quoting, incomplete parser
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OpenVAS ID: 53366
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 294-1 (gkrellm-newsticker)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gkrellm-newsticker 0.3-3.1

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04/14/2003 🔍
04/23/2003 +8 days 🔍
04/23/2003 +0 days 🔍
05/12/2003 +19 days 🔍
05/12/2003 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +506 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +3603 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20421
SecurityFocus: 7414

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2014 23:47
Updated: 06/28/2021 14:36
Changes: 08/11/2014 23:47 (60), 04/22/2019 11:29 (2), 06/28/2021 14:36 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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