Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

BID:10454

Info

Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10454
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0536
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 03 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:16AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Paul Herman <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Tripwire Tripwire Open Source 2.3.1
Tripwire Tripwire Open Source 2.3 .0
Tripwire Tripwire 4.1
Tripwire Tripwire 4.0.1
Tripwire Tripwire 4.0
Tripwire Tripwire 3.0 1
Tripwire Tripwire 3.0
Tripwire Tripwire 2.4.2
Tripwire Tripwire 2.4 .0
Tripwire Tripwire 2.3.1 -2
Tripwire Tripwire 2.3.1
Tripwire Tripwire 2.3 .0
Tripwire Tripwire 2.2.1
Tripwire Tripwire do not use
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

Tripwire is affected by an email reporting format string vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure to properly inplement a formatted string function.

This vulnerability will allow for execution of arbitrary code on a system running the affected software. This would occur in the security context of the user invoking the vulnerable application; typically the superuser.

**Update - It is reported that this issue only presents itself when the MAILMETHOD is sendmail.

Exploit / POC

Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

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] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200406-02 dealing with this issue. All tripwire users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"
emerge ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"

Please see the referenced Gentoo Linux advisory for more information.

Mandrake advisory MDKSA-2004:057 is available. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes. Mandrake also released advisory MDKSA-2004:057-1 to provide updated fixes for Mandrake 9.2, as the previous fixes had a bug. Please see the updated advisory for details on obtaining new fixes for Mandrake 9.2.

Advisory FLSA:1719 has been released for Fedora Legacy. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

It has been reported that the vendor has produced a fix for the commercial version of the software.

The vendor recommends applying the workaround patch until new versions are available. Please see the referenced message from the vendor for more information.

Please see the reference section and contact the vendor for more information.


Tripwire Tripwire 2.3.1

Tripwire Tripwire 2.3.1 -2

References

Tripwire Email Reporting Format String Vulnerability

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