Linuxconf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

BID:2352

Info

Linuxconf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

Bugtraq ID: 2352
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0017
CVE-2000-0017
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 21 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 12:17PM
Credit: reported to bugtraq by Elias Levy <[email protected]> on Tue Dec 21 1999
Vulnerable: Jacques Gelinas Linuxconf 1.1.6 r10
Not Vulnerable: Jacques Gelinas Linuxconf 1.1.7

Discussion

Linuxconf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

Linuxconf is a Linux configuration utility from Solucorp.

An attacker supplying excess data to the USER_AGENT field in vulnerable versions of Linuxconf. This data can overflow the relevant buffer, creating a stack overflow and, properly exploited, allowing remote execution of arbitrary code as root.

Exploit / POC

Solution / Fix

Linuxconf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

Solution:
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Linuxconf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

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