MNOGoSearch Search.CGI UL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7865

Info

MNOGoSearch Search.CGI UL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7865
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0436
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 10 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to pokleyzz <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: mnoGoSearch mnoGoSearch 3.1.20
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MNOGoSearch Search.CGI UL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

mnoGoSearch 'search.cgi' has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

The issue is a result of a lack of sufficient bounds checking performed on user-supplied URI parameters that are passed to the 'search.cgi' application.

It may be possible for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and have arbitrary code executed in the context of the web-server process.

Exploit / POC

MNOGoSearch Search.CGI UL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploits are available:

Solution / Fix

MNOGoSearch Search.CGI UL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in the current version of this software and a fix is available at the cvs repository for this product:

Conectiva has released a security advisory (CLA-2003:711) and fixes to address this issue. Details regarding applying fixes can be found in the referenced advisory, fixes are linked below.


mnoGoSearch mnoGoSearch 3.1.20

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