FreeBSD 4.10/5.1/5.2.1 on Alpha denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in FreeBSD 4.10/5.1/5.2.1 on Alpha. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-0618. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in FreeBSD 4.10/5.1/5.2.1 on Alpha (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

FreeBSD 5.1 for the Alpha processor allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an execve system call with an unaligned memory address as an argument.

The weakness was shared 12/06/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0618 since 06/29/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (16499), Exploit-DB (24233) and SecurityFocus (BID 10596†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

06/23/2004 🔍
06/29/2004 +6 days 🔍
12/06/2004 +160 days 🔍
12/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3781 days 🔍
09/26/2024 +3453 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: freebsd.org

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22539
X-Force: 16499 - FreeBSD execve denial of service
SecurityFocus: 10596 - FreeBSD execve() Unaligned Memory Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:25
Updated: 09/26/2024 11:48
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:25 (50), 06/22/2018 07:47 (7), 09/26/2024 11:48 (19)
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