Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:8191

Info

Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8191
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 15 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 15 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Carl Livitt <[email protected]> and br00t <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 6.0 7
Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.90
Not Vulnerable: Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 6.0 8

Discussion

Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Citadel/UX is prone to a buffer overrun when importing configuration data supplied by IPGM authenticated users. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the server.

Exploit / POC

Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

The following exploit leverages the issue described in BID 8193 to brute-force the IPGM password and then attempts to exploit the overrun:

Solution / Fix

Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Citadel/UX 6.08.


Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.90

Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 6.0 7

References

Citadel/UX Configuration Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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