FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:10041

Info

FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10041
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0648
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 04 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:06AM
Credit: Discovery of these issues are credited to Steve Kemp and Jaguar.
Vulnerable: fte text editor 0.49.13
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

It has been reported that vfte is prone to multiple unspecified buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure of the application to verify buffer boundaries while processing user supplied input.

Successful exploitation would immediately produce a denial of service condition in the affected process. This issue may also be leveraged to execute code on the affected system with root privileges, as this application is setuid root.

Exploit / POC

FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 472-1 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


fte text editor 0.49.13

References

FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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