SuSE Linux 9.0 Terminal authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SuSE Linux 9.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Terminal. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-2658. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SuSE Linux 9.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

resmgr in SUSE CORE 9 does not properly identify terminal names, which allows local users to spoof terminals and login types.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2658 since 04/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/31/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/26/2006 +481 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3240 days 🔍
06/30/2018 +1208 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2658 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2658
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23531

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (42), 06/30/2018 09:14 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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