Dia 0.94 line format string

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dia 0.94. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument line leads to format string. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2480. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dia 0.94 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2006. The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2006 by KaDaL-X (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2480 since 05/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21998 (CentOS 4 : dia (CESA-2006:0541)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117700 (CentOS Security Update for Dia (CESA-2006:0541)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26601), Exploit-DB (27903), Tenable (21998), SecurityFocus (BID 18078†) and OSVDB (25699†). The entry VDB-30455 is 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: Format string
CWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21998
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : dia (CESA-2006:0541)
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OpenVAS ID: 56926
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200606-03 (dia)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: KaDaL-X
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2480 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2480
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30317

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X-Force: 26601
SecurityFocus: 18078 - Dia Filename Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 20199
OSVDB: 25699 - Dia File Name Handling Local Format String
SecurityTracker: 1016203
Vulnerability Center: 11703 - Dia Format String Vulnerability via Malicious Filename, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1908

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/18/2025 16:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (77), 06/19/2019 16:44 (9), 01/18/2025 16:17 (22)
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