CFingerD Utilities Format String Vulnerability

BID:2915

Info

CFingerD Utilities Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2915
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 21 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 21 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced to Bugtraq by Steven Van Acker <[email protected]> on June 21, 2001.
Vulnerable: Martin Schulze Cfingerd 1.4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.9
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.2
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Martin Schulze Cfingerd 1.4.2
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

CFingerD Utilities Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Steven Van Acker <[email protected]> supplied this fix:

on line 181:
while((newpos < 80) && (line[pos] != ' ') && (!done)) {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
on line 301:
printf("%s",displine);
^^^^^

Then recompile.

References

CFingerD Utilities Format String Vulnerability

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