Netris Client-Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:8400

Info

Netris Client-Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8400
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0685
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 12 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Shaun Moore <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Netris Netris 0.5
- 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
Netris Netris 0.4
Netris Netris 0.3
Not Vulnerable: Netris Netris 0.52

Discussion

Netris Client-Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

A client-side buffer overrun vulnerability has been reported for Netris. The issue is said to occur due to insufficient bounds checking when copying a server greeting into an internal memory buffer. Successful exploitation of this issue could potentially allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Netris.

Exploit / POC

Netris Client-Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

The following proof of concept code has been provided, which demonstrates the exploitation of this issue to trigger a denial of service.

A second exploit has been released which exploits this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Netris Client-Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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