CSV2XML Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	12027
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 15 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 15 2004 12:00AM
Credit:	Limin Wang is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Jacob Rhoden csv2xml 0.5.1
Not Vulnerable:	Jacob Rhoden csv2xml 0.5.2

CSV2XML Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It is reported that csv2xml is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly bounds check user-supplied data prior to copying it into a fixed-size memory buffer.

This vulnerability allow remote attackers to alter the proper flow of execution of the application, potentially resulting in the execution of attacker-supplied machine code in the context of the application attempting to read malicious data.

CSV2XML Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A proof of concept file sufficient to exploit this vulnerability has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/53.csv.zip

CSV2XML Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.5.2 to address this issue:


Jacob Rhoden csv2xml 0.5.1

• Jacob Rhoden csv2xml-0.5.2.tar.gz
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/csv2xml/csv2xml-0.5.2.tar.gz?downlo ad

CSV2XML Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• [remote] [control] csv2xml 0.5.1 get_field_headers overflows token ("D. J. Bernstein" )
  
• csv2xml - Change Log (Jacob Rhoden)
  
• csv2xml Home Page (Jacob Rhoden)