GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

BID:3750

Info

GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3750
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 28 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 28 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a Debian Security Advisory on December 27, 2001.
Vulnerable: GPM GPM 1.17.8
+ 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

gpm is the General Mouse Protocol, a software package maintained by public domain. It is freely available, and open source. It runs on Linux and other Unix systems.

gpm does not properly handle format strings supplied by an arbitrary user. A user may pass arbitrary format strings to the gpm-root program, that could result in the execution of arbitrary code. The gpm program is started by init with root privileges.

Exploit / POC

GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes available:


GPM GPM 1.17.8

References

GPM-Root Format String Vulnerability

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