GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:15319

Info

GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15319
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3523
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 04 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Kevin Finisterre.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
GpsDrive GpsDrive 2.0 9
- 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

GpsDrive is prone to a remote format string vulnerability. A remote attacker may leverage this issue to write to arbitrary process memory, facilitating code execution. This can result in unauthorized remote access.

Exploit / POC

GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

The following proof of concept exploits are available:

Solution / Fix

GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 891-1 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

This issue has been reportedly address by the vendor in the CVS version. Symantec has not confirmed this fix.

SUSE Linux has released Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2005:027 to address this, and other issues in various SUSE products. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

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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]>.


GpsDrive GpsDrive 2.0 9

References

GpsDrive Friendsd Remote Format String Vulnerability

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