Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

BID:9005

Info

Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9005
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0886
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 10 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered and disclosed by the SuSE Security Team.
Vulnerable: Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.7
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.6
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.5
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.2
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0
Hylafax Hylafax 4.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
Not Vulnerable: Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.8

Discussion

Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

Hylafax hfaxd (daemon) has been reported prone to an unspecified format string vulnerability that may be exploited under non-standard configurations to execute arbitrary instructions remotely as the root user.

Exploit / POC

Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

The following proof of concept exploit has been supplied:

Solution / Fix

Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

Solution:

SuSE have released an advisory (SuSE-SA:2003:045) and fixes to address this issue on SuSE platforms. Users who are potentially affected by this issue are advised to download and install the applicable fixes as soon as possible. Further details regarding obtaining and applying fixes can be found in the referenced advisory.

Mandrake has released advisory MDKSA-2003:105 containing fix information for this issue. See the attached advisory for links to fixes.

Conectiva has released advisory CLA-2003:783 to address this issue.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 401-1) and fixes to address this issue. See the referenced advisory for links to updated packages.

Gentoo has released an advisory that includes fixes to address this issue. Fixes can be applied with the following commands:

emerge --sync
emerge '>=net-misc/hylafax-4.1.8'
emerge clean

Hylafax has also released version 4.1.8 which addresses this issue.


Hylafax Hylafax 4.1

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.1

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.2

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.3

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.5

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.6

Hylafax Hylafax 4.1.7

References

Hylafax HFaxD Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

References:

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