Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-1159 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
aircrack-ng
gentoo
CWE-119
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Aircrack-ng before 1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a (1) large length value in an EAPOL packet or (2) long EAPOL packet.

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

descriptionRemote Exploit Against the Aircrack-NG Tools svn r1675. CVE-2010-1159. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:12217
last seen2016-02-01
modified2010-04-14
published2010-04-14
reporterLukas Lueg
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/12217/
titleRemote Exploit Against the Aircrack-NG Tools svn r1675

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-251.NASL
    descriptionUpdated aircrack-ng package fixes security vulnerability : A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition (CVE-2010-1159).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70518
    published2013-10-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70518
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : aircrack-ng (MDVSA-2013:251)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201310-06.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-06 (Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70324
    published2013-10-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70324
    titleGLSA-201310-06 : Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code