Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed acon 1.0.5-5/1.0.5-6/1.0.5-7 Terminal acon.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed acon 1.0.5-5/1.0.5-6/1.0.5-7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file acon.c of the component Terminal. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1994. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed acon 1.0.5-5/1.0.5-6/1.0.5-7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file acon.c of the component Terminal. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

The weakness was disclosed 04/27/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1994 since 04/27/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 X-Force (41915), SecurityFocus (BID 28862†) and Secunia (SA29909†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed

Name

acon

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/12/2008 🔍
04/21/2008 +8 days 🔍
04/27/2008 +6 days 🔍
04/27/2008 +0 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2514 days 🔍
09/23/2018 +1287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1994 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1994
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42167
X-Force: 41915 - Acon HOME buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 28862 - Acon Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29909 - Acon Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/23/2018 08:42
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (51), 09/23/2018 08:42 (7)
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