Proxytunnel Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:11592

Info

Proxytunnel Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11592
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 03 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 03 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Florian Schilhabel of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit project.
Vulnerable: proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.2.2
+ Gentoo Linux
proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.2 .0
proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.1.3
proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.0.6
Not Vulnerable: proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.2.3
+ Gentoo Linux

Discussion

Proxytunnel Remote Format String Vulnerability

Proxytunnel is prone to a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability. This vulnerability is exposed when the proxy server handles malicious input from another remote server. This issue occurs when the software is run in daemon mode.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow for execution of arbitrary code in the context of the proxy server.

Exploit / POC

Proxytunnel Remote 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Proxytunnel Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released an advisory that provides updates for this issue. Updates may be applied by running the following commands as the superuser:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/proxytunnel-1.2.3"

This issue is addressed in proxytunnel 1.2.3.


proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.0.6

proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.1.3

proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.2 .0

proxytunnel proxytunnel 1.2.2

References

Proxytunnel Remote Format String Vulnerability

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