James Ashton compface 1.4/1.5/1.5.1/1.5.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in James Ashton compface 1.4/1.5/1.5.1/1.5.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-2286. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in James Ashton compface 1.4/1.5/1.5.1/1.5.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration in a .xbm file. NOTE: this issue only affects compface on distributions that used a certain patch.

The weakness was presented 07/01/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2286 since 07/01/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (8982) and SecurityFocus (BID 35863†). 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
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 64523
OpenVAS Name: Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:180 (compface)
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Timelineinfo

06/17/2009 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2085 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2286 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48818
SecurityFocus: 35863 - Compface '.xbm' File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/01/2024 07:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (57), 03/27/2019 08:37 (1), 12/01/2024 07:37 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:240:103

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