Citadel UX up to 6.27 lprintf memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Citadel UX up to 6.27. Affected by this vulnerability is the function lprintf. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1192. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citadel UX up to 6.27 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function lprintf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in the lprintf function in Citadel/UX 6.27 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers sent to the server.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2004. The weakness was presented 12/12/2004 by CoKi (Website). The advisory is available at nosystem.com.ar. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1192 since 12/13/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15942 (Citadel/UX lprintf() Function Remote 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38383 (Citadel/UX Network Data Logging Remote Format String Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18429), Exploit-DB (681), Tenable (15942), SecurityFocus (BID 11885†) and OSVDB (12344†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15942
Nessus Name: Citadel/UX lprintf() Function Remote Format String
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nosystem.com.ar
Researcher: CoKi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1192 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1192
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23738
X-Force: 18429
SecurityFocus: 11885 - Citadel/UX Network Data Logging Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 13425 - Citadel/UX "lprintf()" Function Format String Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 12344 - Citadel/UX lprintf() Function Remote Format String
Vulnerability Center: 6590 - Code Execution in Citadel/UX <= 6.27 via Format String Vulnerability, Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/06/2025 19:32
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (77), 06/04/2019 17:05 (2), 12/19/2024 16:02 (17), 07/06/2025 19:32 (2)
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