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ArcInfo Workstation Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15196
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Release Date:
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2005-05-02
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Last Update:
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2006-06-12
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Popularity:
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5,997 views
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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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ArcInfo Workstation 8.x
ArcInfo Workstation 9.x
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Description:
Kevin Finisterre has reported some vulnerabilities in ArcInfo Workstation, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
1) A format string error in the "lockmgr" and "wservice" applications can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a specially crafted "ARCHOME" environment variable.
Successful exploitation requires that the ArcStorm or Geoprocessing Server feature is enabled.
2) Some boundary errors in the handling of command line arguments in the applications "asmaster", "asrecovery", "asuser", "asutility" and "se" can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long command line argument.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with root privileges, but requires that the ArcStorm or Geoprocessing Server feature is enabled.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 9.0 for UNIX. Other versions may also be affected.
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