PT-2008-3515 · Acon · Acon

Brian M. Carlson · Published 2008-04-27 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acon versions 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7

Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in files acon.c, menu.c, and child.c. This allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable or a large number of terminal columns.

Recommendations For versions 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7, consider restricting access to the affected files acon.c, menu.c, and child.c to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limit the length of the HOME environment variable and the number of terminal columns to prevent buffer overflows. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1994

Affected Products

Acon

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1994 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29909 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28862 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475733 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476603 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41915 · Note