Executive Summary

Summary
Title minicom: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201706-13 First vendor Publication 2017-06-06
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-06-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An out-of-bounds data access in minicom might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Minicom is a text-based serial port communications program.

Description

In minicom before version 2.7.1, the escparms[] buffer in vt100.c is vulnerable to an overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker, able to connect to a minicom port, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All minicom users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7467 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7467

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201706-13.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-947.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1136-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-914.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1092-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-19 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2017-108-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-09-12 00:21:40
  • Multiple Updates
2018-07-13 09:21:04
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-08 13:24:58
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-07 00:22:35
  • First insertion