BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:4782

Info

BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4782
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 20 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 20 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: BannerWheel BannerWheel 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BannerWheel is a freely available ad banner rotation program. It runs on most Unix and Linux variants as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Due to insufficient bounds checking of externally supplied data, BannerWheel may be prone to a buffer overflow condition.

If exploitable, this condition may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary instructions with the privileges of the webserver process.

Exploit / POC

BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow 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

BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

References

BannerWheel Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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