CVE-2010-1938

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1938
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-28 18:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the __opiereadrec function in readrec.c in libopie in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier, as used on FreeBSD 6.4 through 8.1-PRERELEASE and other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username, as demonstrated by a long USER command to the FreeBSD 8.0 ftpd.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 beta_4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 current All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 release-p12 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 release-p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 release-p9 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0-release All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0_beta4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0_releng All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.1-prerelease All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.10 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.11 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.2 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.21 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.22 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.3 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.32 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.4 All All All
Application Nrl Opie All test1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for opie - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OPIE "__opiereadrec()" Off-by-One and "opielogin" Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:05.opie.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory
site.pi3.com.pl/adv/libopie-adv.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 site.pi3.com.pl
OPIE '__opiereadrec()' Off By One Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#584932 - CVE-2010-1938 - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
libopie __readrec() off-by one (FreeBSD ftpd remote PoC) - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
OPIE Off-by-One Overflow in 'opielogin' Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
OPIE Authentication System off-by-one : pi3 blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.pi3.com.pl
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OPIE Off-by-One Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2281-1 opie af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
FreeBSD OPIE "__opiereadrec()" Off-by-One Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libopie __readrec() off-by one (FreeBSD ftpd remote PoC) ( Research Advisory ) - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
FreeBSD 8.0 ftpd off-by one PoC (FreeBSD-SA-10:05) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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