BerliOS Konversation 0.15 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BerliOS Konversation 0.15. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0130. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BerliOS Konversation 0.15 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Certain Perl scripts in Konversation 0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) channel names or (2) song names that are not properly quoted when the user runs IRC sripts.

The bug was discovered 01/21/2005. The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2005 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0130 since 01/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18948 (FreeBSD : konversation -- shell script command injection (5c7bb4dd-6a56-11d9-97ec-000c6e8f12ef)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading 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 (19008), Tenable (18948), SecurityFocus (BID 12312†), OSVDB (13116†) and Secunia (SA13919†). The entries VDB-24198 and VDB-24196 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 18948
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : konversation -- shell script command injection (5c7bb4dd-6a56-11d9-97ec-000c6e8f12ef)
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OpenVAS ID: 52223
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: konversation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/19/2005 🔍
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01/20/2005 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2005 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2005 +3 days 🔍
04/14/2005 +80 days 🔍
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07/25/2005 +12 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3515 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24197
X-Force: 19008
SecurityFocus: 12312 - Konversation IRC Client Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13919 - Konversation Shell Command Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 13116 - Konversation Perl script may allow execution of code
SecurityTracker: 1012972
Vulnerability Center: 8679 - Code Execution in Konversation 0.15 via Shell Metacharacters in Channel or Song Names, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/07/2019 12:11
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (78), 06/07/2019 12:11 (5)
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