Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0358 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 4 | |
Application | 2 | |
OS | 2 |
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 Nethack 3 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (1). CVE-2003-0358. Local exploit for linux platform id EDB-ID:22233 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 2003-02-10 published 2003-02-10 reporter tsao@efnet source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/22233/ title Nethack 3 - Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 1 description Nethack 3 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (2). CVE-2003-0358. Local exploit for linux platform id EDB-ID:22234 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 2003-02-10 published 2003-02-10 reporter [email protected] source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/22234/ title Nethack 3 - Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 2 description Nethack 3 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (3). CVE-2003-0358. Local exploit for linux platform id EDB-ID:22235 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 2003-02-10 published 2003-02-10 reporter tsao@efnet source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/22235/ title Nethack 3 - Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 3
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-316.NASL description The nethack and slashem packages are vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15153 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15153 title Debian DSA-316-1 : nethack - buffer overflow, incorrect permissions code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-316. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15153); script_version("1.22"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0358", "CVE-2003-0359"); script_bugtraq_id(6806, 7953); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"316"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-316-1 : nethack - buffer overflow, incorrect permissions"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The nethack and slashem packages are vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long '-s' command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an attacker to gain gid 'games' on a system where nethack is installed. Additionally, some setgid binaries in the nethack package have incorrect permissions, which could allow a user who gains gid 'games' to replace these binaries, potentially causing other users to execute malicious code when they run nethack. Note that slashem does not contain the file permission problem CAN-2003-0359." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.0-3.0woody3. For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.0-7potato1. We recommend that you update your nethack package. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.0.6E4F8-4.0woody3. For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been fixed in version 0.0.5E7-3potato1. We recommend that you update your slashem package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nethack"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/06/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/02/09"); 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:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"nethack", reference:"3.3.0-7potato1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"nethack", reference:"3.4.0-3.0woody3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"nethack-common", reference:"3.4.0-3.0woody3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"nethack-gnome", reference:"3.4.0-3.0woody3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"nethack-qt", reference:"3.4.0-3.0woody3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"nethack-x11", reference:"3.4.0-3.0woody3")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-350.NASL description The falconseye package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long -s command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an attacker to gain gid last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15187 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15187 title Debian DSA-350-1 : falconseye - buffer overflow
References
- http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt
- http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283