Brian Wotring Osiris up to 4.2.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Brian Wotring Osiris up to 4.2.0. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3120. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Brian Wotring Osiris up to 4.2.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. 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:

Format string vulnerability in Brian Wotring Osiris before 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified attack vectors related to the logging functions.

The bug was discovered 07/27/2006. The weakness was shared 07/28/2006 by Ulf Härnhammar and Max Vozeler (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3120 since 06/21/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22671 (Debian DSA-1129-1 : osiris - format string), 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 4.2.1 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 X-Force (28115), Tenable (22671), SecurityFocus (BID 19213†), OSVDB (27645†) and Secunia (SA21257†). 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: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22671
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1129-1 : osiris - format string
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OpenVAS ID: 57166
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1129-1 (orisis)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Osiris 4.2.1

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03/12/2015 +2815 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Ulf Härnhammar, Max Vozeler
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31564
X-Force: 28115
SecurityFocus: 19213 - Osiris Logging.C Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 21257
OSVDB: 27645 - Osiris Multiple Unspecified Remote Format String
Vulnerability Center: 15468 - Osiris Format String Vulnerability Allows Remote Users to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3072

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/21/2019 07:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (79), 07/21/2019 07:03 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:45B:103

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