GNU GNATS PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption Vulnerablity

BID:8003

Info

GNU GNATS PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption Vulnerablity

Bugtraq ID: 8003
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 21 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 21 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to dong-h0un U [email protected].
Vulnerable: GNU GNATS 3.0 02
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU GNATS PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption Vulnerablity

A heap overflow vulnerability has been reported for the pr-edit utility of GNATS. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient checks performed on the arguments to the '-d' commandline option.

Successful exploitation may result in the execution of attacker-supplied code with potentially elevated privileges.

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GNU GNATS PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption Vulnerablity

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