13199 : Berlios gpsd gpsd_report() Function Format String
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	549	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	11 times	90%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-01-19	2005-01-25	2005-01-25	2005-01-27

Time to Patch	Days of Exposure
8 days	2 days

Description

A format string flaw exists in gpsd. The gpsd_report() function fails to validate string data received on TCP port 2947. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Eric S. Raymond	gpsd	1.9.0
		2.7

References

Bugtraq ID: 12371
Metasploit ID: 13199
Secunia Advisory ID: 14042
ISS X-Force ID: 19079
CVE ID: 2004-1388 (see also: NVD)
Milw0rm: 3099 775
Exploit Database: 3099 775
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-01/0770.html
http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/gpsd-announce/2005-January/000018.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110677341711505&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110677341711505&w=2
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
Other Advisory URL: http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0125a%5D.txt
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2005-0125a].txt
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed@lists.debian.org/msg02103.html
Vendor URL: http://www.pygps.org

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Kevin Finisterre - kfdigitalmunition.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-24 | Disagree?

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