Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:874

Info

Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 874
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 15 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 15 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by USSR Labs and eEYE Digital Security. Publicised ina joint advisory released December 15, 1999.
Vulnerable: Infoseek Ultraseek 3.1 for NT
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Infoseek Ultraseek 2.1 for NT
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Infoseek's Ultraseek enterprise search server listens on port 8765 by default for HTTP commands. The code that handles GET commands has an unchecked buffer that will allow arbitrary code to be executed if it is overflowed.

Exploit / POC

Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

us21sp5.zip - source for exploit for Ultraseek 2.1 running on NT4 SP5
us21sp6.zip - source for exploit for Ultraseek 2.1 running on NT4 SP5

Solution / Fix

Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Infoseek has released a fix for this issue, available at:

http://software.infoseek.com/products/ultraseek/upgrade_nt.htm

ftp://ftp.infoseek.com/pub/software/ultraseek-3.1.5.exe

References

Infoseek Ultraseek GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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