MGetty Caller ID Excessive Name Length Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:7303

Info

MGetty Caller ID Excessive Name Length Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7303
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1391
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06PM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Sun Linux 5.0.6
mgetty mgetty 1.1.28
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i686
 + Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
mgetty mgetty 1.1.27
mgetty mgetty 1.1.26
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i586
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 athlon
 + Redhat Linux 7.2
mgetty mgetty 1.1.25
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i586
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
Not Vulnerable: mgetty mgetty 1.1.30
mgetty mgetty 1.1.29

Discussion

MGetty Caller ID Excessive Name Length Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

It has been reported that a problem exists in mgetty when handling long caller ID strings. This could lead to a remote denial of service attack, and a theorhetically exploitable buffer overrun.

Solution / Fix

MGetty Caller ID Excessive Name Length Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Solution:
Version 1.1.29 of mgetty has been released to address this issue.

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2003:053 to address this issue.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2003:036-01 to address this issue.

Caldera has released advisory CSSA-2003-021.0, and made fixes available to address this issue.

Sun has released a fix for Sun Linux 5.0.6.

Fixes available:


mgetty mgetty 1.1.25

mgetty mgetty 1.1.26

mgetty mgetty 1.1.27

mgetty mgetty 1.1.28

MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1

Sun Linux 5.0.6

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0

References

MGetty Caller ID Excessive Name Length Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

References:

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