Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:176 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-20 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2008-08-20 |
| 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr prior to version 0.73 that allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS PTR record, when called with the --split option (CVE-2008-2357). The updated packages provide mtr 0.73 which corrects this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:176 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20385 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20385 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1587-1 mtr - execution of arbitrary code | ||
| Description: | Adam Zabrocki discovered that under certain circumstances mtr, a full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool, could be tricked into executing arbitrary code via overly long reverse DNS records. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1587-1 CVE-2008-2357 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | mtr |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7244 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7244 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1587 mtr -- buffer overflow | ||
| Description: | Adam Zabrocki discovered that under certain circumstances mtr, a full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool, could be tricked into executing arbitrary code via overly long reverse DNS records. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1587 CVE-2008-2357 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | mtr |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-13 | Name : SLES10: Security update for mtr File : nvt/sles10_mtr.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200806-01 (mtr) File : nvt/glsa_200806_01.nasl |
| 2008-05-27 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1587-1 (mtr) File : nvt/deb_1587_1.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-210-06 mtr File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_210_06.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 45350 | Mtr split.c split_redraw() Function Resolved Hostname Handling Remote Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-07-29 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-210-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-02 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_mtr-5289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-02 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_mtr-5291.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-06-04 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200806-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-28 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
