ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:11665

Info

ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11665
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0947
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for disclosure of these issues are currently unknown; these issues were disclosed in the referenced RedHat Fedora advisory.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Gentoo Linux
Avaya CVLAN
ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.65
ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.64
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
 ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.63 a
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
 + Redhat Fedora Core1
 + Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.62
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
 ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.43
+ 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

ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A remote buffer-overflow vulnerability affects ARJ Software's unarj. This issue is caused by the application's failure to carry out sufficient bounds checking on user-supplied strings prior to processing.

A remote attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a user that processes a malicious file with the affected application. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

This vulnerability can be tested using the PIRANA exploitation framework available at the following location:

http://www.guay-leroux.com/projects/pirana-0.2.1.tar.gz

Solution / Fix

ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.43

ARJ Software Inc. UNARJ 2.63 a

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2

References

ARJ Software UNARJ Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

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