SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

BID:8493

Info

SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Bugtraq ID: 8493
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 26 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 26 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability has been announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .4
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .3
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .2
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .1
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .0a
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .0
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 - Wirex Immunix OS 7.0 -Beta
 - Wirex Immunix OS 7.0
- Wirex Immunix OS 6.2
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .3
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.0
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .2-9
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2
SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .2
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
Not Vulnerable: SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.8

Discussion

SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

slrn has been reported prone to a remote buffer overflow condition.

The issue has been reported to present itself when handling malicious Xref headers. Although unconfirmed, due to the nature of this vulnerability it has been conjectured that a remote attacker may exploit this issue to influence the execution flow of the affected slrn application. This could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running slrn.

Exploit / POC

SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Although unconfirmed, exploits for this vulnerability have been reported to be public.

Solution / Fix

SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue:


SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .4

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .3

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .2-9

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.6 .2

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .1

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .4

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .2

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .0

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .0a

SLRN Development Team slrn 0.9.7 .3

References

SLRN XRef Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

References:

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