Cipherdyne fwsnort up to 1.6.4 fwsnort.conf untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cipherdyne fwsnort. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file fwsnort.conf. The manipulation results in untrusted search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-0039. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cipherdyne fwsnort. Affected is some unknown functionality of the file fwsnort.conf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory.

The weakness was presented 02/07/2014 by Murray McAllister (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-0039 since 12/03/2013. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72464 (Fedora 19 : fwsnort-1.6.4-1.fc19 (2014-1972)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350320 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for fwsnort: ALAS-2014-409).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72464), SecurityFocus (BID 65341†), OSVDB (102822†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43270†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 72464
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : fwsnort-1.6.4-1.fc19 (2014-1972)
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OpenVAS ID: 867502
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for fwsnort FEDORA-2014-1972
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: fwsnort 1.0
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: fa977453120cc48e1654f373311f9cac468d3348
Researcher: Murray McAllister
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66348
SecurityFocus: 65341 - fwsnort 'fwsnort.conf' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 102822
Vulnerability Center: 43270 - Fwsnort Local Arbitrary Code Execution When not Running as Root, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/22/2024 09:42
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (65), 05/20/2017 21:04 (6), 02/01/2022 14:17 (4), 02/01/2022 14:21 (1), 12/22/2024 09:42 (18)
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