Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 alsa-lib memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component alsa-lib. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0087. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component alsa-lib. The manipulation 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:

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2005. The weakness was shared 04/27/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0087 since 01/18/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17167 (RHEL 4 : alsa-lib (RHSA-2005:033)), 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (17167), SecurityFocus (BID 12575†), OSVDB (13854†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7161†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17167
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : alsa-lib (RHSA-2005:033)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/18/2005 🔍
02/15/2005 +28 days 🔍
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02/16/2005 +1 days 🔍
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02/22/2005 +6 days 🔍
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04/27/2005 +59 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3604 days 🔍
05/30/2019 +1542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0087 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0087
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24244

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SecurityFocus: 12575 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Libasound.SO Stack-Memory Protection Bypass Weakness
OSVDB: 13854 - CVE-2005-0087 - alsa-lib - Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7161 - Stack Overflow in alsa-lib Package in Red Hat Linux 4, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/30/2019 12:24
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (63), 05/30/2019 12:24 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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