XBoard -icshost buffer overflow
| xboard-icshost-bo (15362) |  High Risk |
Description:
XBoard is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker can supply a specially-crafted -icshost command to overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Mar 01 2004 - 17:18:03 CST: Smashing "XBoard 4.2.7(All versions)" For Fun & Profit.*Unpublish ed Local Stack Overflow Vulnerablity! .
- CVE-2004-2552: Buffer overflow in XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the program is not setuid and not normally called from remote programs, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.
- OSVDB ID: 4123: XBoard -icshost Command Line Option Overflow
- SA11016: XBoard "-icshost" Command Line Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Tim Mann XBoard 4.2.7 and prior
Reported:
Mar 02, 2004
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