Gnugk GNU Gatekeeper up to 2.2.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gnugk GNU Gatekeeper up to 2.2.1. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-3534. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gnugk GNU Gatekeeper up to 2.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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:

GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection and thread consumption) via a large number of connections.

The weakness was published 08/31/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3534 since 06/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61762 (FreeBSD : GNU gatekeeper -- denial of service (342176a8-f464-11e1-8bd8-0022156e8794)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77975), Tenable (61762), SecurityFocus (BID 55198†), OSVDB (84862†) and Secunia (SA50343†). 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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Nessus ID: 61762
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : GNU gatekeeper -- denial of service (342176a8-f464-11e1-8bd8-0022156e8794)
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OpenVAS ID: 71870
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gatekeeper
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GNU Gatekeeper 2.2.2

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06/14/2012 🔍
08/23/2012 +70 days 🔍
08/24/2012 +1 days 🔍
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08/31/2012 +7 days 🔍
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09/04/2012 +4 days 🔍
05/19/2014 +622 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +308 days 🔍
12/12/2021 +2456 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3534 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3534
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61970
X-Force: 77975
SecurityFocus: 55198 - GNU Gatekeeper CVE-2012-3534 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 50343 - GNU Gatekeeper Connection Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 84862
Vulnerability Center: 44556 - GNU Gatekeeper Before 3.1 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Large Number of Connections, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 20:37
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (68), 05/28/2017 03:21 (6), 12/12/2021 20:37 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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