HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:13584

Info

HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13584
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1545
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Tavis Ormandy.
Vulnerable: HT Editor HT Editor 0.8
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
HT Editor HT Editor 0.5
+ 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

HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

HT Editor is affected by an unspecified heap overflow vulnerability.

Specific details about this issue are not currently available. It is known that this vulnerability affects the ELF parser.

A successful attack may result in arbitrary code execution and allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable computer.

HT Editor 0.8.0 and prior versions are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap 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

HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200505-08 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/hteditor-0.8.0-r2"

Debian Linux has released security advisory DSA 743-1 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

Debian has released security advisory DSA 773-1 addressing several issues for their AMD64 port of the operating system. Please see the referenced
advisory for further information.


HT Editor HT Editor 0.5

HT Editor HT Editor 0.8

References

HT Editor ELF Parser Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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