Rxvt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:2878

Info

Rxvt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2878
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2001-1077
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 15 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:56AM
Credit: Reported to Bugtraq by Samuel "Zorgon" Dralet <[email protected]> on June 15, 2001.
Vulnerable: rxvt rxvt 2.6.2
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2
rxvt rxvt 2.6.1
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0 beta
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0
- Immunix Immunix OS 6.2
Not Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.0

Discussion

Rxvt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Rxvt is a color VT102 terminal emulator for X intended as an xterm(1) replacement.

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in rxvt.

The error occurs when certain command line options with long arguments are passed to rxvt.

Because rxvt is installed setgid 'utmp' by some system configurations, it may be possible for local users to execute arbitrary code/commands with these privileges.

Exploit / POC

Rxvt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Samuel "Zorgon" Dralet &lt;[email protected]&gt; has made an exploit available:

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