xfce 4.4.1 Session Management memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in xfce 4.4.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Session Management. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-6532. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xfce 4.4.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Session Management. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Double free vulnerability in the Widget Library (libxfcegui4) in Xfce before 4.4.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the "cliend id, program name and working directory in session management."

The bug was discovered 12/02/2007. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xfce.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-6532 since 12/27/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31081 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39566), Tenable (31081), OSVDB (43424†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-17345†). The entry VDB-40451 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Exploitinginfo

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: 31081
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OpenVAS ID: 60227
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: xfce4-panel, libxfce4gui
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: xfce 4.4.1

Timelineinfo

12/02/2007 🔍
12/27/2007 +25 days 🔍
01/09/2008 +13 days 🔍
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01/14/2008 +5 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2618 days 🔍
07/30/2021 +2328 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xfce.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40452
X-Force: 39566
OSVDB: 43424 - CVE-2007-6532 - Xfce - Double Free Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17345 - Xfce Widget Library Double-Free Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0080

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/30/2021 13:49
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (61), 08/03/2019 14:48 (6), 07/30/2021 13:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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