Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5349

Info

Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5349
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 29 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 29 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Lee Howard <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.2
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta3
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta2
+ SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.0
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta1
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.3
Hylafax Hylafax 4.0.2
+ Debian Linux 2.3 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.3 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.3 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.3 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.3 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.0
Hylafax Hylafax 4.0 pl2
Hylafax Hylafax 4.0 pl1
Hylafax Hylafax 4.0 pl0
Not Vulnerable: Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.1

Discussion

Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hylafax is a software package designed to handle the transmission of Faxes.

A buffer overflow has been reported in some versions of Hylafax. A malicious fax transmission may include a long scan line that will overflow a memory buffer, corrupting adjacent memory. Exploitation may result in a denial of service condition, or possibly the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Exploit / POC

Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we 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

Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
FreeBSD has released upgrades. Users are advised to upgrade their Ports
collection and reinstall the affected port.

Fixes are available:


Hylafax Hylafax 4.0.2

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta1

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta3

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1 -beta2

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.1

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.2

References

Hylafax Oversized Scan Line Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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