82817 : OpenConnect Greeting Banner Processing Remote Overflow DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-04-22

Description

OpenConnect is prone to an overflow condition. The program fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in a buffer overflow. When processing a greeting banner, a remote attacker can potentially cause a denial of service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.18 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OpenConnect Systems, Incorporated

OpenConnect

3.18

References

CVE ID: 2012-3291 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/openconnect.git/commitdiff/14cae65318d3ef1f7d449e463b72b6934e82f1c2
http://www.infradead.org/openconnect/changelog.html
Mail List Post: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079747.html
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113798/Debian-Security-Advisory-2495-1.html

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-06-08 | Disagree?

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