Linux SCSI Target Framework isns.c format string
| lstf-isns-format-string (57496) |  High Risk |
Description:
Linux SCSI Target Framework could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a format string error in isns.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using malicious format specifiers to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Refer to git.kernel.org for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- git.kernel.org: fix format string vulnerability.
- BID-39127: iSCSI Enterprise Target and tgt Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2010-0743: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in isns.c in (1) Linux SCSI target framework (aka tgt or scsi-target-utils) 1.0.3, 0.9.5, and earlier and (2) iSCSI Enterprise Target (aka iscsitarget) 0.4.16 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (tgtd daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that involve the isns_attr_query and qry_rsp_handle functions, and are related to (a) client appearance and (b) client disappearance messages.
- DSA-2042: iscsitarget -- format string
- OSVDB ID: 63418: Linux SCSI Target Framework (tgt) usr/iscsi/isns.c Multiple Function Format String
- RHSA-2010-0362: Important: scsi-target-utils security update
- SA39142: Linux SCSI Target Framework (tgt) Format String Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2010:017: (java-1_4_2-ibm, sudo, libpng, php5, tgt, iscsitarget, aria2, pcsc-lite, tomcat5, tomcat6, lvm2, libvirt, rpm, libtiff, dovecot12)
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
- RedHat RHEL Cluster Storage 5
- tgt Project Linux SCSI target framework 0.9.5
Reported:
Mar 24, 2010
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