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FreeBSD "strfmon()" Multiple Integer Overflows
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29574
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Release Date:
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2008-03-28
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | FreeBSD 6.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1391 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz has reported some vulnerabilities in FreeBSD, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to multiple integer overflows in the libc "strfmon()" function. These can be exploited to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted format specifiers.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerabilities are reported in FreeBSD 7.0 and 6.x. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not pass untrusted format strings to "strfmon()".
Provided and/or discovered by:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz, SecurityReason
Original Advisory:
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53
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