47 : Dragon Fire IDS dfire.cgi Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
1999-08-04

Description

Dragon Fire IDS web interface may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the IDS host. The issue is due to the dfire.cgi script not properly sanitizing input to the "IP One" option. If an attacker provides a pipe (|) and arbitrary commands, it will be run with privilegs of the web script.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Enterasys has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Enterasys Networks, Inc

Dragon Fire IDS

3.1

References

Exploit Database: 19444
CVE ID: 1999-0913 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 3834
Bugtraq ID: 564
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q3/0316.html
Vendor URL: http://dragon.enterasys.com/

Tools & Filters

Snort	1219

Credit

Stefan Laudat - stefanns.asit.ro - ASIT SA

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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