NewsBin Pro 4.32 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NewsBin Pro 4.32. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1569. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NewsBin Pro 4.32. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in NewsBin Pro 4.32 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a yEnc (yEncode) encoded article with a long filename, as demonstrated using a .nzb file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2007 with Marsu (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1569 since 03/21/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/28/2024).

A public exploit has been developed by Marsu in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (3464), SecurityFocus (BID 22940†), OSVDB (34003†) and Secunia (SA24491†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Marsu
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Marsu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1569 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1569
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35747
SecurityFocus: 22940 - NewsBin Pro Long File Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24491 - NewsBin Pro Article Processing yEncode "name" Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34003 - NewsBin Pro yEncode Article Filename Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2007-0935

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 08/28/2024 14:47
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (61), 10/10/2017 12:53 (4), 08/28/2024 14:47 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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