Info

Last Modified

about 1 year ago

Percent Complete

90%

Disclosure

Oct 13, 2005

Discovery

Oct 12, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

APPLE-SA-2005-11-29 Security Update 2005-009

Description

A remote overflow exists in wget. The 'ntlm_output()' function fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted HTTP redirect request containing an overly long NTLM username, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.10.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Hrvoje Niksic

wget

1.10

References

Security Tracker: 1015056
Bugtraq ID: 15102
Secunia Advisory ID: 17192 17228 17247 17288 17297 17320 17400 17403 17485 17757 17813 19193
SCIP VulDB ID: 1813
CVE ID: 2005-3185 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 22721
Keyword: APPLE-SA-2005-11-29 Security Update 2005-009
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Oct/0009.html
Other Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051101-01-U.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.519010
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-19.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=322&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0055/
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0354.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0334.html
Vendor URL: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:807 RHSA-2005:812

Tools & Filters

	20029 20042 20056 20081 20143 20144 20149 20430 20621 22785
	3042 3112 3255 3256 3308

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-10-14 | Disagree?

Blogs

This product uses the Daylife API but is not endorsed or certified by Daylife.

This section lists the latest news and blogs found via the daylife API (and for older items, the technorati API), which mention or otherwise discuss this vulnerability.

None found at this time

Comments

Add Comment Hide Add Comment

No Comments.

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.