13807 : ja-elvis elvrec Utility Local Overflow
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10 months ago

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90%

Disclosure

Feb 07, 2001

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Feb 28, 2001

Solution

Unknown

Description

A local overflow exists in ja-elvis .The ja-elvis contain an exploitable buffer overflow in the elvrec utility.Because elvrec is setuid root,With a specially crafted request unprivileged local users may gain root privileges on the local system ,resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.8.4_1 or higher and rebuild ja-elvis, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability.An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

FreeBSD Project
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ja-elvis
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prior to 1.8.4_1

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