Red Hat Fedora Core up to 0.6.5-3.x wpa_printf memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Red Hat Fedora Core up to 0.6.5-3.x. This impacts the function wpa_printf. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-2874. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat Fedora Core up to 0.6.5-3.x. Affected by this issue is the function wpa_printf. 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the wpa_printf function in the debugging code in wpa_supplicant in the Fedora NetworkManager package before 0.6.5-3.fc7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed frames on a WPA2 network. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 06/04/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2874 since 05/29/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27655 (Fedora 7 : NetworkManager-0.6.5-3.fc7 (2007-0186)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.6.5-3.fc7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35879), Tenable (27655), OSVDB (46833†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28822†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 27655
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : NetworkManager-0.6.5-3.fc7 (2007-0186)
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OpenVAS ID: 861316
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Fedora Core 0.6.5-3.fc7

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07/27/2007 +52 days 🔍
11/06/2007 +102 days 🔍
07/09/2008 +246 days 🔍
12/27/2010 +900 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +1539 days 🔍
07/21/2021 +2320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38036
X-Force: 35879
OSVDB: 46833 - Fedora Linux NetworkManager wpa_supplicant wpa_printf Function WPA2 Network Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 28822 - Fedora NetworkManager package before 0.6.5-3.fc7 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2053

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2021 11:09
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (61), 03/12/2017 08:48 (8), 07/21/2021 11:09 (3)
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