1914 : Groff pic Utility Format String Remote Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	401	over 8 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2001-06-23	2001-07-26	2001-07-26

Time to Exploit
33 days

Description

groff contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when an attacker uses LPD to pass a specially crafted string to the pic utility included in groff. It is possible that the flaw may allow 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
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the Free Software Foundation has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Free Software Foundation	groff	1.10
		1.11
		1.14
		1.15
		1.16

References

CVE ID: 2001-1022 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 3103
CERT VU: 399883
ISS X-Force ID: 6918
Secunia Advisory ID: 7249 7351 7668
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-022.txt.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://search.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1623.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-072
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-107
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0608.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/pic-lpr-remote.c

Tools & Filters

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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