Rhythm tcptrack up to 1.4.1 line memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Rhythm tcptrack up to 1.4.1. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument line leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-2903. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rhythm tcptrack up to 1.4.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument line 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. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in tcptrack before 1.4.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability in limited scenarios in which tcptrack is "configured as a handler for other applications." This issue might not qualify for inclusion in CVE.

The weakness was presented 09/02/2011 by Patroklos Argyroudis as Bug 729096 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2903 since 07/27/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72636 (GLSA-201402-22 : TCPTrack: Arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69467), Tenable (72636), SecurityFocus (BID 49352†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43815†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72636
Nessus Name: GLSA-201402-22 : TCPTrack: Arbitrary code execution
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OpenVAS ID: 801973
OpenVAS Name: Tcptrack Command Line Parsing Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tcptrack 1.1.3

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07/27/2011 🔍
08/10/2011 +14 days 🔍
08/29/2011 +19 days 🔍
09/02/2011 +4 days 🔍
09/02/2011 +0 days 🔍
02/23/2014 +905 days 🔍
03/31/2014 +36 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +357 days 🔍
11/18/2021 +2432 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 729096
Researcher: Patroklos Argyroudis
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2903 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2903
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58418
X-Force: 69467
SecurityFocus: 49352 - tcptrack Command Line Parsing Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 43815 - tcptrack Before 1.4.2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Long Command Line Argument, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/18/2021 14:50
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 05/24/2017 10:49 (5), 11/18/2021 14:50 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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