15351 : IRIX gr_osview -D Parameter Arbitrary File Segment Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	285	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Ack Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-02-18	2005-02-18	2005-02-23	2005-04-07	2005-04-07

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
48 days	5 days

Description

IRIX contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when permissions are not correctly verified when opening description files using gr_osview, which will disclose the first line of arbitrary files via the "-d" and "-D" options, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, IRIX has released patches to address this vulnerability.

Products

Silicon Graphics, Inc.	IRIX	6.5.21
		6.5.22
		6.5.23
		6.5.24
		6.5.25
		6.5.26
		6.5.27

References

Security Tracker: 1013662
Secunia Advisory ID: 14875
Related OSVDB ID: 15350
CVE ID: 2005-0464 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-P.asc
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0101.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-07 | Disagree?

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