Ecartis local buffer overflows in moderate.c and lcgi.c
| ecartis-local-bo (8445) |  High Risk |
Description:
Ecartis (formerly Listar) is vulnerable to local buffer overflows, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in moderate.c and lcgi.c. A local attacker can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with "Listar" user privileges.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Ecartis (1.0.0-snapshot 20020125 or later), available from the Listar-Support Mailing List posting dated 2002-03-12 3:11:42. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Mar 10 2002 - 17:57:33 CST: Ecartis/Listar multiple vulnerabilities.
- Ecartis Web site: CHANGELOG.
- Listar-Support Mailing List, 2002-03-12 3:11:42: [ESupp] Re: Fwd: Ecartis/Listar multiple vulnerabilities.
- BID-4271: Ecartis/Listar Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2002-0468: Buffer overflows in Ecartis (formerly Listar) 1.0.0 in snapshot 20020427 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via (1) a long command line argument, which is not properly handled in core.c, or possibly via bad uses of sprintf() in (2) moderate.c, (3) lcgi.c, (4) fileapi.c, (5) cookie.c, (6) codes.c, or other files.
- OSVDB ID: 10425: Ecartis Multiple Function Local Overflows
Platforms Affected:
- Ecartis Ecartis prior to 1.0.0
Reported:
Mar 10, 2002
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