Tavis Rudd Cheetah 0.9.15/0.9.16 tmp PYTHONPATH memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Tavis Rudd Cheetah 0.9.15/0.9.16. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file tmp. This manipulation of the argument PYTHONPATH causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-1632. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tavis Rudd Cheetah 0.9.15/0.9.16. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file tmp. The manipulation of the argument PYTHONPATH 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2005. The weakness was disclosed 04/18/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1632 since 05/17/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18338 (GLSA-200505-14 : Cheetah: Untrusted module search path), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.9.15 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20653), Tenable (18338), OSVDB (16622†), Secunia (SA15386†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8134†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18338
Nessus Name: GLSA-200505-14 : Cheetah: Untrusted module search path
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cheetah 0.9.15

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1632 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1632
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25237
X-Force: 20653
Secunia: 15386
OSVDB: 16622 - Cheetah PYTHONPATH Insecure Module Loading
Vulnerability Center: 8134 - Arbitrary Code Execution in Cheetah 0.9.15 - 0.9.16 via Module in /tmp, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/05/2021 08:55
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (69), 06/06/2019 16:19 (4), 07/05/2021 08:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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