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GNATS Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9096
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Release Date:
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2003-06-23
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Popularity:
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7,170 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | GNATS 3.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in GNATS allowing malicious local users to escalate their privileges.
GNATS version 3.002 and 3.2:
1) Heap based overflow in "pr-edit" (Problem report editer) when handling the "-d" parameter.
2) Stack based overflow in "pr-edit" in the handling of lock files.
GNATS version 3.113 and 3.113.1
3) Heap based overflow in "en-index", "pr-edit", "queue-pr" in the handling of environment variables.
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