Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

BID:3740

Info

Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3740
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 25 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 25 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published to the VulnWatch mailing list in a GOBBLES advisory on December 25th, 2001.
Vulnerable: Vanessa vanessa_logger 0.0.1
+ Perdition Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 0.1.9
+ Perdition Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 0.1.8
+ Perdition Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 0.1.7
+ Perdition Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 0.1.6
Not Vulnerable: Vanessa vanessa_logger 0.0.2

Discussion

Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

A remotely exploitable format string problem exists in the vanessa_logger library. It is possible for an attacker to exploit this issue to overwrite almost arbitrary locations in memory, potentially resulting in the execution of attacker-supplied code.

Other software that uses the vulnerable vanessa_logger library will also be prone to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits 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]>.

Solution / Fix

Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
FreeBSD has made a patch available for Perdition v0.0.1

The vendor has released an upgrade which addresses this issue.

Fixes:


Vanessa vanessa_logger 0.0.1

References

Perdition Vanessa_Logger Format String Vulnerability

References:

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