Whois 4.5.7/4.6.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Whois 4.5.7/4.6.6. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2003-0709. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Whois 4.5.7/4.6.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option.

The weakness was released 10/20/2003 by Astharot (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zone-h.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0709 since 09/02/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13016), SecurityFocus (BID 8483†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-37175†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-253. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/22/2003 🔍
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09/02/2003 +11 days 🔍
10/20/2003 +48 days 🔍
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11/13/2012 +3312 days 🔍
08/15/2014 +640 days 🔍
04/20/2017 +979 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zone-h.org
Researcher: Astharot
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0709 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0709
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20876
X-Force: 13016
SecurityFocus: 8483 - Whois Client Command Line Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 37175 - Whois Client Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution via a Long Command Line Option, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 14:20
Updated: 04/20/2017 22:22
Changes: 08/15/2014 14:20 (54), 04/20/2017 22:22 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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