10 - CVE-2009-4012

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2009-4012	First vendor Publication	2010-01-19
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2010-03-26

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	10	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	10	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in LibThai before 0.1.13 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to (1) thbrk/thbrk.c and (2) thwbrk/thwbrk.c. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4012

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-189	Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13132

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13132
Title:	USN-887-1 -- libthai vulnerability
Description:	Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings. A remote attacker could use specially-formed strings to execute arbitrary code with the user�s privileges.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	USN-887-1 CVE-2009-4012	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04	Product(s):	libthai
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Ubuntu 8.04 is installed AND Architecture section Architecture independet section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libthai-doc DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2 AND libthai-data DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2 OR Architecture depended section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is lpia AND Packages section libthai0 DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2 AND libthai-dev DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2 OR Release section Ubuntu 8.10 is installed AND Architecture section Architecture independet section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libthai-doc DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2 AND libthai-data DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2 OR Architecture depended section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is lpia AND Packages section libthai0 DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2 AND libthai-dev DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2 OR Release section Ubuntu 9.10 is installed AND Architecture section Architecture independet section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libthai-doc DPKG is earlier than 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2 AND libthai-data DPKG is earlier than 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2 OR Architecture depended section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is lpia AND Packages section libthai0 DPKG is earlier than 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2 AND libthai-dev DPKG is earlier than 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2 OR Release section Ubuntu 9.04 is installed AND Architecture section Architecture independet section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libthai-doc DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2 AND libthai-data DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2 OR Architecture depended section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is lpia AND Packages section libthai0 DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2 AND libthai-dev DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18321

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18321
Title:	DSA-1971-1 libthai - arbitrary code execution
Description:	Tim Starling discovered that libthai, a set of Thai language support routines, is vulnerable of integer/heap overflow. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code by sending a very long string.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1971-1 CVE-2009-4012	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Debian GNU/Linux 5.0	Product(s):	libthai
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. AND libthai DPKG is earlier than 0.1.6-1+etch1 AND Release section Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed AND libthai DPKG is earlier than 0.1.9-4+lenny1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6777

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6777
Title:	DSA-1971 libthai -- integer overflow
Description:	Tim Starling discovered that libthai, a set of Thai language support routines, is vulnerable of integer/heap overflow. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code by sending a very long string.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1971 CVE-2009-4012	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Debian GNU/Linux 4.0	Product(s):	libthai
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed AND Architecture section Architecture independent section Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libthai-doc is earlier than 0.1.9-4+lenny1 AND libthai-data is earlier than 0.1.9-4+lenny1 OR Architecture dependent section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is armel AND Installed architecture is mips AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is alpha AND Installed architecture is mipsel AND Installed architecture is hppa AND Packages section libthai0 is earlier than 0.1.9-4+lenny1 AND libthai-dev is earlier than 0.1.9-4+lenny1 OR Release section Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. AND Architecture section Architecture independent section Installed architecture is all AND libthai-doc is earlier than 0.1.6-1+etch1 OR Architecture dependent section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is mips AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is alpha AND Installed architecture is mipsel AND Installed architecture is hppa AND Packages section libthai0 is earlier than 0.1.6-1+etch1 AND libthai-dev is earlier than 0.1.6-1+etch1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Linux.Thai Libthai cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:linux.thai:libthai:0.1.0:::::::*	12

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2010-01-20	Name : Ubuntu Update for libthai vulnerability USN-887-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_887_1.nasl
2010-01-19	Name : Mandriva Update for libthai MDVSA-2010:010 (libthai) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_010.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
61715	LibThai Unspecified String Handling Overflows

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2010-02-24	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1971.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-02	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_libthai-100115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-02	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_libthai-100115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-02	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_libthai-100115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-19	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-887-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-18	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37822
CONFIRM	http://linux.thai.net/node/184 http://linux.thai.net/svn/software/libthai/tags/r_0_1_13/ChangeLog http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.6-1+etc... http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.9-4+len...
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1971
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/38196 http://secunia.com/advisories/38213 http://secunia.com/advisories/38235 http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
SUSE	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
UBUNTU	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-887-1

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Date	Informations
2021-05-04 12:10:29	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:10:56	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 01:41:06	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:24:36	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 19:15:54	Multiple Updates
2014-06-14 13:28:20	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:52:24	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:00:58	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	3
CPE ID(s)	12
Sources(s)	12
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	2
Nessus® Exploit(s)	6

	Related
10	USN-887-1
10	MDVSA-2010:010
10	DSA-1971
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