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Category:   Application (Generic)  >   xpcd Vendors:   Knorr, Gerd
xpcd Buffer Overflow in Processing Filenames Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code With Root Privileges
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1013162
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1013162
CVE Reference:   CAN-2005-0074   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Feb 11 2005
Impact:   Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Root access via local system

Version(s): 2.09 and prior versions
Description:   A vulnerability was reported in xpcd. A local user may be able to obtain root privileges.

A local user can supply specially crafted input (such as a filename) to trigger a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

The buffer overflows reside in 'test/view.c' and 'xpcd/complete.c'.

Erik Sjolund discovered these overflows.

Impact:   A local user can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Solution:   No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vendor URL:  linux.bytesex.org/fbida/xpcd.html (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Boundary error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)

Message History:   This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
Feb 11 2005 (Debian Issues Fix) xpcd Buffer Overflow in Processing Filenames Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code With Root Privileges   (joey@infodrom.org (Martin Schulze))
Debian has released a fix.



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:16:40 -0500
Subject:  [none]


CVE: CAN-2005-0074

A vulnerability was reported in pcdsvgaview.  A local user may be able to obtain
root privileges.

A local user can trigger a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with root
privileges.

Erik Sjolund discovered this flaw.
 
 


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