BerliOS GPS Daemon up to 1.9.0 gpsd_report memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BerliOS GPS Daemon up to 1.9.0. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is the function gpsd_report. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-1388. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BerliOS GPS Daemon up to 1.9.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function gpsd_report. 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 gpsd_report function for BerliOS GPD daemon (gpsd, formerly pygps) 1.9.0 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain GPS requests containing format string specifiers that are not properly handled in syslog calls.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2005. The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2005 by Kevin Finisterre (kf_lists) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.berlios.de. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1388 since 01/31/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at immunitysec.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16265 (Berlios gpsd gpsd_report() Function Format String), 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. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19079), Exploit-DB (3099), Tenable (16265), SecurityFocus (BID 12371†) and OSVDB (13199†). The entries VDB-82, VDB-332, VDB-333 and VDB-427 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 16265
Nessus Name: Berlios gpsd gpsd_report() Function Format String
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MetaSploit ID: gpsd_format_string.rb
MetaSploit Name: Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.berlios.de
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (kf_lists)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-1388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22687
X-Force: 19079
SecurityFocus: 12371 - Berlios GPSD Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 14042
OSVDB: 13199 - Berlios gpsd gpsd_report() Function Format String
Vulnerability Center: 6949 - Code Execution in Berlios gpsd 1.10 - 1.90 via Format String Attack, High

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

Created: 02/27/2015 23:49
Updated: 12/18/2024 15:26
Changes: 02/27/2015 23:49 (84), 05/29/2019 16:48 (4), 12/18/2024 15:26 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:4A4:103

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