Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability

BID:10864

Info

Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10864
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2004-0494
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 04 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 06:16AM
Credit: It is unknown at this time who originally discovered this vulnerability, but it was first disclosed by in a RedHat advisory.
Vulnerable: SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Avaya CVLAN
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability

Gnome VFSs 'extfs' scripts are reported prone to an undisclosed vulnerability.

It is reported that a user that views specially crafted, attacker supplied URIs utilizing the 'extfs' VFS module may be able to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the user.

This BID will be updated as further information is disclosed.

Exploit / POC

Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability

Solution:
RedHat has released a Fedora Legacy advisory FLSA:1944 along with fixes for RedHat Linux. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

RedHat has released two advisories (FEDORA-2004-272, FEDORA-2004-273) to address this issue in Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 2. Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

RedHat has released advisory RHSA-2004:373-13 and fixes to resolve this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Avaya has released an advisory that acknowledges this vulnerability for Avaya products. Fixes are not currently available; customers are advised to remove Gnome packages from their server or apply patches supplied by the Operating System vendor. Please see the referenced Avaya advisory at the following location for further details:
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.groupID=128450&temp.selectedFamily=128451&temp.selectedProduct=154235&temp.selectedBucket=126655&temp.feedbackState=askForFeedback&temp.documentID=198525&PAGE=avaya.css.CSSLvl1Detail&executeTransaction=avaya.css.UsageUpdate()

SGI has made available Patch 10095, correcting this vulnerability for systems running SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3:

Patch 10095 is available from http://support.sgi.com/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/ProPack/3/

The individual RPMs from Patch 10095 are available from:
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/3/updates/RPMS
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/3/updates/SRPMS

SuSE Linux has released fixes for this issue.

Fedora Core 3 advisory FEDORA-2004-514 including an updated version of Midnight Commander is available to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2004:464-09 to address this issue in Midnight Commander for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the advisory in Web references for more information.


Redhat Linux 7.3 i386

Redhat Linux 9.0 i386

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2

References

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