Calife long password buffer overflow
| calife-long-password-bo (15335) |  High Risk |
Description:
Calife is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By supplying a long password, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a segmentation fault or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Calife, Calife 2.8.4
- Calife, Calife 2.8.5
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Calife (2.8.6 or later), when it becomes available from the Calife Web page. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest calife package (2.8.4c-1woody1 or later), as listed in DSA-461-1. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 27 2004 - 03:19:21 CST, Calife heap corrupt / potential local root exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0664.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 27 2004 - 10:49:34 CST, Re: Calife heap corrupt / potential local root exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0673.html.
- Calife Web page, Calife: how to become root with one's own password at http://mutt.frmug.org/calife/.
- BID-9756: Calife Password Heap Overrun Vulnerability
- BID-9776: Calife Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0188: Heap-based buffer overflow in Calife 2.8.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long password.
- DSA-461: calife -- buffer overflow
Reported:
Feb 27, 2004
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