6608 : Tripwire Email Report Format String Arbitrary Code Execution
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

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Disclosure
Jun 02, 2004

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Tripwire contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when creating a file with a specially crafted filename which may be included in the email report and passed to the fprintf() function. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

 The format string issue is only present in the code that processes email reports when the MAILMETHOD is used via sendmail. As such, this vulnerability does not affect Windows versions of Tripwire, nor *nix versions that are configured to use another email processor such as SMTP.

Solution

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

Products
Tripwire, Inc.
Watch-list
Tripwire (Commercial)
Watch-list
 2.4
3.x
4.0.0
4.0.1
Tripwire (Open Source)
Watch-list
 2.3.1

References

Tools & Filters
12505 14156

Snort

 16076 16077

Credit
  • Paul Herman - phermanfrenchfries.net -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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