Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0775 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
| description | xloadimage 4.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0775. Remote exploit for linux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:20998 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2001-07-10 |
| published | 2001-07-10 |
| reporter | zenith parsec |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/20998/ |
| title | xloadimage 4.1 - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200503-05.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-05 (xli, xloadimage: Multiple vulnerabilities) Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported that xli and xloadimage contain a flaw in the handling of compressed images, where shell meta-characters are not adequately escaped. Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported that an xloadimage vulnerability in the handling of Faces Project images discovered by zen-parse in 2001 remained unpatched in xli. Additionally, it has been reported that insufficient validation of image properties in xli could potentially result in buffer management errors. Impact : Successful exploitation would permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands, or arbitrary code with the privileges of the xloadimage or xli user. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17261 published 2005-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17261 title GLSA-200503-05 : xli, xloadimage: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-695.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in xli, an image viewer for X11. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2001-0775 A buffer overflow in the decoder for FACES format images could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This problem has already been fixed in xloadimage in DSA 069. - CAN-2005-0638 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has reported a flaw in the handling of compressed images, where shell meta-characters are not adequately escaped. - CAN-2005-0639 Insufficient validation of image properties in have been discovered which could potentially result in buffer management errors. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17578 published 2005-03-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17578 title Debian DSA-695-1 : xli - buffer overflow, input sanitising, integer overflow NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_8C1DA77DD3E911D98FFB00061BC2AD93.NASL description In 2001, zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in xloadimage last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19022 published 2005-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19022 title FreeBSD : xloadimage -- buffer overflow in FACES image handling (8c1da77d-d3e9-11d9-8ffb-00061bc2ad93) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-069.NASL description The version of xloadimage (a graphics files viewer for X) that was shipped in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the code that handles FACES format images. This could be exploited by an attacker by tricking someone into viewing a specially crafted image using xloadimagewhich would allow them to execute arbitrary code. This problem was fixed in version 4.1-5potato1. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14906 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14906 title Debian DSA-069-1 : xloadimage - buffer overflow NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-060.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities were discovered by Stefano Di Paola in the MySQL server : If an authenticated user had INSERT privileges on the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17601 published 2005-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17601 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2005:060) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2001-073.NASL description A buffer overflow exists in xli due to missing boundary checks. This could be triggered by an external attacker to execute commands on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 13888 published 2004-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/13888 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xloadimage (MDKSA-2001:073-1)
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References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006