TIBCO Enterprise Message Service up to 4.3.0 Libraries memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in TIBCO Enterprise Message Service up to 4.3.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Libraries. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1291. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in TIBCO Enterprise Message Service up to 4.3.0. Affected is an unknown part of the component Libraries. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.

The weakness was presented 04/30/2009 by Stephen Fewer with Harmony Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tibco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1291 since 04/13/2009. 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50214), SecurityFocus (BID 34754†), Secunia (SA34911†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022129†). See VDB-58421, VDB-58420 and VDB-58419 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tibco.com

Advisory: tibco.com
Researcher: Stephen Fewer
Organization: Harmony Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1291 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1291
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47988
X-Force: 50214 - TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver UDP buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 34754 - TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 34911 - TIBCO SmartSockets Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1022129
Vupen: ADV-2009-1198

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/07/2017 08:29
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (66), 12/07/2017 08:29 (1)
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