XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8370

Info

XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8370
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0649
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 18 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Discovery credited to r-code.
Vulnerable: xpcd xpcd 2.0 8
+ 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A problem in the handling of long strings in environment variables by xpcd may result in a buffer overflow condition. This may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to system resources.

Exploit / POC

XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit contributed by r-code.

Solution / Fix

XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 368-1 to address this issue.


xpcd xpcd 2.0 8

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XPCD Home Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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