bsb2ppm bsb_open_header buffer overflow
| bsb2ppm-bsbopenheader-bo (18586) |  High Risk |
Description:
bsb2ppm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the bsb_open_header function in the bsb_io.c file. By creating a specially-crafted BSB file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with user privileges, once the file is processed.
Platforms Affected:
- Stuart Cunningham, bsb2ppm 0.0.6
Remedy:
Update to the latest version of libbsb (0.0.7 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- SourceForge.net, SourceForge.net: Project Filelist at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=92119.
- University of Illinois Chicago Web site, asp2php 0.76.23 preparse() overflows token buffer; preparse() overflows temp buffer at http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/asp2php.txt.
- University of Illinois Chicago Web site, bsb2ppm 0.0.6 overflows line buffer at http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/bsb2ppm.txt.
- CVE-2004-1262: Buffer overflow in the bsb_open_header function in libbsb for bsb2ppm 0.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted BSB pictures.
Reported:
Dec 17, 2004
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