Doomsday 1.9.0 Beta5.1 sv_main.c sv_handlepacket memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Doomsday 1.9.0 Beta5.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function sv_handlepacket of the file sv_main.c. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4643. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Doomsday 1.9.0 Beta5.1. Affected is the function sv_handlepacket of the file sv_main.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer underflow in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a PKT_CHAT packet with a data length less than 3, which triggers an erroneous malloc, possibly related to the Sv_HandlePacket function in sv_main.c.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2007. The weakness was published 08/31/2007 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4643 since 08/31/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30244 (GLSA-200802-02 : Doomsday: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36338), Tenable (30244), SecurityFocus (BID 25483†), OSVDB (40133†) and Secunia (SA26524†). Similar entries are available at VDB-38611 and VDB-38609. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 30244
Nessus Name: GLSA-200802-02 : Doomsday: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60379
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200802-02 (doomsday)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-4643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38610
X-Force: 36338
SecurityFocus: 25483 - Doomsday Engine Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26524
OSVDB: 40133 - Doomsday Sv_HandlePacket() underflow
Vulnerability Center: 17663 - Doomsday Sv_main.c Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via Specially Crafted PKT_CHAT Packet, Medium

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

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/05/2019 16:56
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (75), 08/05/2019 16:56 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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