Midnight Commander up to 2.4.22 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Midnight Commander up to 2.4.22. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-0812. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Midnight Commander up to 2.4.22. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 2.4.23, on the AMD AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures, associated with "setting up TSS limits," allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2004. The weakness was released 04/14/2005 with Redhat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0812 since 08/25/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15944 (RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:549)), 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.

Upgrading to version 2.4.23 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18346), Tenable (15944), SecurityFocus (BID 11794†), OSVDB (12272†) and Secunia (SA13359†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-24178 and VDB-24177. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15944
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:549)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Midnight Commander 2.4.23

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08/25/2004 🔍
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12/03/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/13/2004 +10 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Redhat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24176

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X-Force: 18346
SecurityFocus: 11794 - Linux Kernel Unspecified Local TSS Vulnerability For AMD64 And EMT64T Architectures
Secunia: 13359
OSVDB: 12272 - Linux kernel TSS gain privilege
Vulnerability Center: 22126 - Linux Kernel < 2.4.23 on AMD AMD64 and Intel EM64T Architectures Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 09/04/2019 16:16
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (70), 09/04/2019 16:16 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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