OpenPegasus Stack Overflow in PAM Authentication Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019159
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019159
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0003
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 7 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, Root access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.7 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in OpenPegasus. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a stack overflow in the PAM authentication code and execute arbitrary code
on the target system. The code will run with root privileges.
The vulnerability resides in PAMBasicAuthenticator::PAMCallback().
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Impact: A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a source code fix, available via CVS.
No vendor advisory was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.openpegasus.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:52:21 -0500
Subject: OpenPegasus
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Red Hat says:
During a security audit, a stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the PAM
authentication code in the OpenPegasus CIM management server. An
unauthenticated remote user could trigger this flaw and potentially execute
arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2008-0003)
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