Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:9661

Info

Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9661
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0289
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 16 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to LynX <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Paul L Daniels SignatureDB 0.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It has been reported that SignatureDB 'sdbscan' program is prone to a local buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code leading to elevated privileges. This issue is reportedly exploited by supplying an excessively long path for a database file to be used by the 'sdbscan' program that is then passed via the 'key' parameter of 'ringsearch.c' file.

Exploit / POC

Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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