University of Minnesota gopherd 3.0.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in University of Minnesota gopherd 3.0.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-0561. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in University of Minnesota gopherd 3.0.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Format string vulnerability in the log routine for gopher daemon (gopherd) 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2005. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 by Vade 79 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0561 since 06/14/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16195 (UMN Gopherd < 3.0.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), 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 (19132), Tenable (16195), SecurityFocus (BID 8157†), OSVDB (12913†) and Secunia (SA13855†). The entry VDB-22626 is pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 16195
Nessus Name: UMN Gopherd < 3.0.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53473
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 638-1 (gopher)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/10/2003 🔍
06/14/2004 +340 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +200 days 🔍
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01/13/2005 +13 days 🔍
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01/25/2005 +7 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3731 days 🔍
05/29/2019 +1506 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Vade 79
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0561 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0561
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22627
X-Force: 19132
SecurityFocus: 8157 - UMN GopherD GSIsTest Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13855
OSVDB: 12913 - gopherd log routine format string attack
Vulnerability Center: 6895 - Buffer Overflow in University of Minnesota gopherd Server via Log Routine, High

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

Created: 04/14/2015 13:27
Updated: 05/29/2019 14:43
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:27 (70), 05/29/2019 14:43 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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