Security Advisory SA8696 - Linux-atm "les" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Secunia Advisory SA8696

Linux-atm "les" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA8696

Release Date

2003-04-30

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Privilege escalation

Where

Local system

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Solution Status

Unpatched

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Software:

Linux-atm 2.x

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CVE Reference(s)

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Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Linux-atm, which can be exploited by local, malicious users to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the utility "les". This can be exploited by supplying a long, specially crafted argument to the "-f" option when executing "les".

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with "root" privileges.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.4.0.

Solution
A patch should be released soon.
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Provided and/or discovered by
Angelo Rosiello

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