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Affix "affix_sock_register()" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15086
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Release Date:
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2005-04-25
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Last Update:
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2005-05-02
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Affix 2.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1294 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Kevin Finisterre has reported a vulnerability in Affix, which may be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "affix_sock_register()" function in "hci.c". This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code inside the kernel by supplying a negative protocol value when creating a socket for the "PF_AFFIX" communication domain.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
The vulnerability will reportedly be fixed in an upcoming version.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Kevin Finisterre
Changelog:
2005-05-02: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2005-0423a].txt
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