Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1027 - Unspecified vulnerability in Windowmaker
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN windowmaker
nessus
Summary
Buffer overflow in WindowMaker (aka wmaker) 0.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long window title.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 8 |
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2001-074.NASL description A buffer overflow exists in the WindowMaker window manager last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 13889 published 2004-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/13889 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : WindowMaker (MDKSA-2001:074) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:074. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(13889); script_version ("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1027"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2001:074"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : WindowMaker (MDKSA-2001:074)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A buffer overflow exists in the WindowMaker window manager's window title handling code, as discovered by Alban Hertroys. Many programs, such as web browsers, set the window title to something obtained from the network, such as the title of the currently-viewed web page. As such, this buffer overflow could be exploited remotely. WindowMaker versions above and including 0.65.1 are fixed upstream; these packages have been patched to correct the problem." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.windowmaker.org/src/ChangeLog" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:WindowMaker"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:WindowMaker-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwraster2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwraster2-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/08/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-0.62.1-13.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-devel-0.62.1-13.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-0.62.1-18.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-devel-0.62.1-18.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-0.64.0-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"WindowMaker-devel-0.64.0-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwraster2-0.64.0-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwraster2-devel-0.64.0-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-074.NASL description Alban Hertroys found a buffer overflow in Window Maker (a popular window manager for X). The code that handles titles in the window list menu did not check the length of the title when copying it to a buffer. Since applications will set the title using data that can last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14911 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14911 title Debian DSA-074-1 : wmaker - buffer overflow
References
- http://www.windowmaker.org/src/ChangeLog
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-074
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3177
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000411
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_032_wmaker_txt.html
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-074.php3
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6969