GNU sharutils 4.2/4.2.1 line stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU sharutils 4.2/4.2.1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument line leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1772. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU sharutils 4.2/4.2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2004 by Shaun Colley as Bug 2155 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.fedora.us. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1772 since 03/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18147 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : sharutils (RHSA-2005:377)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117969 (CentOS Security Update for sharutils (CESA-2005:377)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15759), Tenable (18147), SecurityFocus (BID 10066†), OSVDB (10231†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7481†). The entries VDB-24771 and VDB-22890 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18147
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : sharutils (RHSA-2005:377)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/06/2004 🔍
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12/31/2004 +269 days 🔍
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04/14/2015 +3639 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1508 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: Bug 2155
Researcher: Shaun Colley
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1772 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1772
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22889

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X-Force: 15759
SecurityFocus: 10066 - GNU Sharutils shar Command Line Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 10231 - CVE-2004-1772 - GNU - sharutils - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7481 - DoS and Code Execution in sharutils 4.2.1 via shar Utility, High

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Created: 04/14/2015 13:32
Updated: 05/31/2019 09:23
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:32 (74), 05/31/2019 09:23 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:892:103

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