PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:12274

Info

PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12274
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0020
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 17 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: Erik Sjölund is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Playmidi Linux Midi Player 2.4
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A local buffer overflow vulnerability affects Playmidi. This issue is due to a failure of the an unspecified setuid utility that is packaged with the Playmidi suite to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into static process buffers.

This BID will be updated as more information becomes available.

A local attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary instructions with the privileges of the superuser. This may facilitate privilege escalation and potentially unauthorized access.

Exploit / POC

PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow 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

PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian linux has made an advisory (DSA 641-1) available dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Mandrake has released an advisory MDKSA-2005:010 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Playmidi Linux Midi Player 2.4

References

PlayMidi Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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