Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0705. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 mah-jong 1.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was shared 09/17/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0705 since 09/02/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15215 (Debian DSA-378-1 : mah-jong - buffer overflows, denial of service), 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (23115), Tenable (15215) and SecurityFocus (BID 8557†). The entry VDB-20820 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15215
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-378-1 : mah-jong - buffer overflows, denial of service
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OpenVAS ID: 53664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 378-1 (mah-jong)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/02/2003 🔍
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09/29/2004 +378 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3606 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20819
SecurityFocus: 8557 - Mah-Jong Client/Server Remote sscanf() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Created: 08/15/2014 00:58
Updated: 12/03/2024 09:02
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:58 (65), 04/21/2019 21:01 (3), 12/03/2024 09:02 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:3E0:103

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