GREED DownLoadLoop function buffer overflow
| greed-downloadloop-bo (18633) |  High Risk |
Description:
GREED (Get and Resume Elite EDition) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the DownLoadLoop function when handling GRX files. A remote attacker could create a malicious GRX file list, which would overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, once the file list is opened.
Platforms Affected:
- FreeBSD, GREED 0.81p
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- University of Illinois Chicago Web site, greed 0.81p DownloadLoop overflows COMMAND; DownloadLoop does not check for nasty characters at http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/greed.txt.
- BID-12033: GREED GRX File List Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1273: Buffer overflow in the DownloadLoop function in main.c for greed 0.81p allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GRX file containing a long filename.
Reported:
Dec 15, 2004
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