SWI-Prolog up to 6.3.6 expand memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in SWI-Prolog. Affected by this issue is the function expand. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-6090. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SWI-Prolog. This issue affects the function expand. 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 the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.

The weakness was disclosed 01/04/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at swi-prolog.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6090 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63525 (Fedora 18 : pl-6.0.2-5.fc18 (2013-0178)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 6.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (63525), SecurityFocus (BID 57134†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38097†). The entry VDB-63316 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Nessus ID: 63525
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : pl-6.0.2-5.fc18 (2013-0178)
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OpenVAS ID: 865115
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for pl FEDORA-2013-0178
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SWI-Prolog 6.2.2
Patch: swi-prolog.org

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12/06/2012 🔍
01/03/2013 +28 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +796 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33e
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6090 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6090
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63317
SecurityFocus: 57134 - SWI-Prolog Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 38097 - SWI-Prolog \x27expand\x27 Multiple Buffer Overflows Allow Remote DoS\\Code Execution via a Crafted Filename, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/21/2021 12:15
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (63), 04/23/2017 19:38 (4), 12/21/2021 12:08 (4), 12/21/2021 12:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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