Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8996

Info

Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8996
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0933
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 10 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Steve Kemp.
Vulnerable: Conquest Conquest 7.1.1 -6
+ 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A local buffer overrun vulnerability has been reported for conquest. The problem occurs due to insufficient bounds checking when parsing data contained in the user's environment. As a result, an attacker may be capable of controlling the execution flow of the conquest program and effectively executing arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released an advisory (DSA 398-1) and fixes to address this issue. Affected users are advised to apply these fixes as soon as possible. Further information regarding obtaining and applying these fixes is available in the referenced advisory.

References

Conquest Unspecified Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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