Jean-Jacques Sarton MTink 1.0.5 Filters memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jean-Jacques Sarton MTink 1.0.5. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Filters. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-4604. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jean-Jacques Sarton MTink 1.0.5 and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Filters. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in MTink in the printer-filters-utils package allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

The bug was discovered 01/02/2006. The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 by newbug (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mandriva.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4604 since 01/01/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/27/2019).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20470 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-filters-utils (MDKSA-2005:239)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva 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 (23948), Tenable (20470), SecurityFocus (BID 16095†), OSVDB (22145†) and Secunia (SA18287†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20470
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : printer-filters-utils (MDKSA-2005:239)
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07/27/2019 +1598 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mandriva.com
Researcher: newbug
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4604 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4604
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27923
X-Force: 23948
SecurityFocus: 16095 - MTink Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18287
OSVDB: 22145 - MTink - Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16377 - Mtink Printer-Filters-Utils Package Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Execute Arbitrary Code, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/27/2019 10:46
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (68), 07/27/2019 10:46 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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