Citadel UX up to 6.23 Authentication Username memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Citadel UX 5.90/5.91/6.07/6.08/6.23. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1705. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Citadel UX 5.90/5.91/6.07/6.08/6.23. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument Username 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 Citadel/UX 6.23 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long username.

The weakness was shared 07/29/2004 by CoKi (Website). The advisory is shared at nosystem.com.ar. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1705 since 02/26/2005. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13856 (Citadel/UX USER Command Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16840), Exploit-DB (370), Tenable (13856), SecurityFocus (BID 10833†) and OSVDB (8280†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 13856
Nessus Name: Citadel/UX USER Command Remote Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nosystem.com.ar
Researcher: CoKi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21989
X-Force: 16840
SecurityFocus: 10833 - Citadel/UX Username Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12197
OSVDB: 8280 - Citadel/UX USER Command Remote Overflow DoS
SecurityTracker: 1010809
Vulnerability Center: 4932 - DoS in Citadel/UX <= 6.23 via Buffer Overflow, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2014 11:14
Updated: 11/08/2024 00:53
Changes: 12/05/2014 11:14 (74), 05/23/2019 17:13 (5), 11/08/2024 00:53 (18)
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