Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:7891

Info

Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7891
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0435
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 13 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to "[email protected]" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Typespeed Typespeed 0.4.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Typespeed Typespeed 0.4
+ 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
 + Debian Linux 2.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported for Typespeed that may result in code execution with elevated privileges. The vulnerability exists in the net_swapscore() function where proper bounds checks are not performed prior to executing the 'strncpy' function.

A remote attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability to corrupt sensitive with attacker-supplied code.

Exploit / POC

Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption 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] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released an advisory (DSA 322-1). Information about applying fixes is available in the referenced advisory. Fixes are available below.


Typespeed Typespeed 0.4

Typespeed Typespeed 0.4.1

References

Typespeed Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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