Gus and Psilord freesweep 0.88/0.90 Environment Variable memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gus and Psilord freesweep 0.88/0.90. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2003-0828. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gus and Psilord freesweep 0.88/0.90. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable 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 freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain "games" group privileges when processing environment variables.

The weakness was released 03/29/2004 by Steve Kemp (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0828 since 09/22/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15228 (Debian DSA-391-1 : freesweep - 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13301), Tenable (15228) and SecurityFocus (BID 8716†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Gus and Psilord

Name

• freesweep

Version

• 0.88
• 0.90

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15228
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-391-1 : freesweep - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53675
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 391-1 (freesweep)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/22/2003 🔍
09/28/2003 +6 days 🔍
09/28/2003 +0 days 🔍
03/29/2004 +183 days 🔍
03/29/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +184 days 🔍
10/15/2014 +3668 days 🔍
04/22/2019 +1650 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Steve Kemp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0828 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0828
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21701
X-Force: 13301
SecurityFocus: 8716 - freesweep Environment Variable Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 17:07
Updated: 04/22/2019 09:37
Changes: 10/15/2014 17:07 (63), 04/22/2019 09:37 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:C23:103

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