ArcInfo long command buffer overflow
| arcinfo-long-command-bo (20372) |  High Risk |
Description:
ArcInfo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking of user-supplied input in the asmaster, asrecovery, asuser, asutility or se applications. If ArcStorm or the Geoprocessing server is enabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted long command line argument to overflow a buffer to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- ESRI, ArcInfo Workstation 9.0
- Sun, Solaris 8 SPARC
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, available from the ArcInfo Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- ArcInfo Web site, ArcInfo at http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcinfo/index.html.
- BID-13453: ESRI ArcInfo Workstation Multiple Local Buffer Overflow And Format String Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-1393: Multiple buffer overflows in ArcGIS for ESRI ArcInfo Workstation 9.0 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) asmaster, (2) asuser, (3) asutility, (4) se, or (5) asrecovery.
- SA15196: ArcInfo Workstation Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1013852: ArcGIS Buffer Overflows and Format String Errors Let Local Users Gain Root Privilegges
Reported:
May 02, 2005
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