Tim Mann XBoard up to 4.2.7 Setuid line memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Tim Mann XBoard up to 4.2.7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Setuid. Executing a manipulation of the argument line can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2552. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Tim Mann XBoard up to 4.2.7 (Forum Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Setuid. The manipulation of the argument line 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the program is not setuid and not normally called from remote programs, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 02/29/2004. The weakness was shared 03/02/2004 by narko tix (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2552 since 11/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (15362), OSVDB (4123†) and Secunia (SA11016†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Forum Software

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• Tim Mann

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• XBoard

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• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7

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