Threaded Read News Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
BID:12389
Info
Threaded Read News Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 12389 |
| Class: | Boundary Condition Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Jan 27 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jan 27 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | ZzagorR is credited with the discovery of this issue. |
| Vulnerable: |
trn trn 4.0 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Threaded Read News Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
A local buffer overflow vulnerability reportedly affects trn. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into finite process buffers.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges, facilitating privilege escalation.
A local buffer overflow vulnerability reportedly affects trn. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into finite process buffers.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges, facilitating privilege escalation.
Exploit / POC
Threaded Read News Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
The following exploit has been made available:
The following exploit has been made available:
Solution / Fix
Threaded Read News Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.