Polygen 1.0.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Polygen 1.0.6. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-2656. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Polygen 1.0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.

The bug was discovered 09/02/2005. The weakness was disclosed 09/06/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2656 since 08/22/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19564 (Debian DSA-794-1 : polygen - programming error), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 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 Tenable (19564), SecurityFocus (BID 14722†), OSVDB (19236†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9124†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19564
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-794-1 : polygen - programming error
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OpenVAS ID: 55206
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 794-1 (polygen)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Polygen 1.0.6

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03/11/2015 +3467 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26227
SecurityFocus: 14722 - PolyGen Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 19236 - PolyGen - Local Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9124 - DoS in Polygen via Local Precompiled Grammar Objects with World-Writable Permissions, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/09/2019 10:33
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (67), 06/09/2019 10:33 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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