AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:3824

Info

AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3824
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 06 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 06 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a Freshmeat Software Update on January 6, 2002.
Vulnerable: AXSpawn AXSpawn 0.2.4 .1
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- 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
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.2
- SCO eServer 2.3.1
- SuSE Linux 7.3
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable: AXSpawn AXSpawn 0.2.4 .1a
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- 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
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.2
- SCO eServer 2.3.1
- SuSE Linux 7.3
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0

Discussion

AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

AXSpawn is a freely available, open source PAM implementation for AX25 networks. It is maintained by Michael Vogel.

The AXSpawn program does not properly check input length from incoming packets. This could result in a malicious user sending a custom-crafted packet to the authentication mechanism that could result in the overwriting of stack variables. The problem could then be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of login.

Exploit / POC

AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixed version available:


AXSpawn AXSpawn 0.2.4 .1

References

AXSpawn User Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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