Cscope reffile memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cscope. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation of the argument reffile results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4262. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cscope (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument reffile with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/24/2006 by Will Drewry (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us.debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4262 since 08/21/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22517 (FreeBSD : cscope -- Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (74ff10f6-520f-11db-8f1a-000a48049292)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155860 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for cscope (ELSA-2009-1101)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (22517), SecurityFocus (BID 19686†), OSVDB (28136†) and Secunia (SA21601†). See VDB-23424, VDB-31923, VDB-48087 and VDB-48047 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22517
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : cscope -- Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (74ff10f6-520f-11db-8f1a-000a48049292)
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OpenVAS ID: 880701
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for cscope CESA-2009:1101 centos3 i386
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/03/2022 +2278 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2009:1101
Researcher: Will Drewry
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-4262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84483

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X-Force: 28545
SecurityFocus: 19686 - Cscope 'cscope.lists' Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21601 - Cscope Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28136 - Cscope Command Line reffile Argument Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-3374

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:57
Updated: 08/03/2022 14:24
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:57 (69), 11/26/2018 10:13 (7), 08/03/2022 14:23 (5), 08/03/2022 14:24 (1)
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