GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:3586

Info

GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3586
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 27 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 27 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Guillaume Pelat and published in an INTEXXIA advisory on November 27, 2001.
Vulnerable: GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.12
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.9
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.7
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.6
Not Vulnerable: GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.13
+ 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
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2

Discussion

GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

The GNOME libgtop_daemon is used to monitor processes running on a remote Linux system running GNOME.

Under some conditions, when a remote connection fails, user supplied input is used as a format string within a log message. A malicious user may construct a string including format modifiers, causing stack information to be written to the log file, and possibly leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Older versions of libgtop_daemon may share this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes are available:


GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.12

GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.6

GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.7

GNOME libgtop_daemon 1.0.9

References

GNOME libgtop_daemon Remote Format String Vulnerability

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