Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0764 - Unspecified vulnerability in Marc Lehmann Rxvt-Unicode

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
marc-lehmann
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in command.C for rxvt-unicode before 5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file containing long escape sequences.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200503-23.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-23 (rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow) Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length. Impact : Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id17579
published2005-03-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17579
titleGLSA-200503-23 : rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-23.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(17579);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0764");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200503-23");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200503-23 : rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-23
(rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow)

    Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered
    that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
  
Impact :

    Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
    arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-23"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rxvt-unicode");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/03/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/03/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/03/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"x11-terms/rxvt-unicode", unaffected:make_list("ge 5.3", "lt 4.8"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 5.3"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "rxvt-unicode");
}