OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8720

Info

OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8720
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 29 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to Bahaa Naamneh <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: OmniCom winShadow 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It has been reported that OmniCom winShadow client is prone to a remote buffer overflow condtion due to insufficient boundary checking. The issue is reported to exist in the process responsible for reading hostnames for the *.osh host files. An attacker may exploit this issue by passing an extra 250 bytes in the hostname parameter of the vulnerable process.

Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the client in order to gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable system.

OmniCom winShadow version 2.0 has been reported to be prone to this issue, however other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit code has been provided and may downloaded from the following location:

http://www.elitehaven.net/winshadow.zip

Solution / Fix

OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix for this issue. Please see the reference section to contact the vendor for more information and details on obtaining the fix.

References

OmniCom winShadow hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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