PT-2014-3446 · Cpsf · Fwsnort

Murray Mcallister · Published 2014-02-08 · Updated 2014-02-21 · CVE-2014-0039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fwsnort versions prior to 1.6.4

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory when fwsnort is not running as root.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.4, update to version 1.6.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider running fwsnort as root to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to the fwsnort.conf file to prevent unauthorized modifications.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-0039

Affected Products

Fwsnort

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/commit/fa977453120cc48e1654f373311f9cac468d3348 · Exploit
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128205.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0039 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128188.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0039 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/blob/master/ChangeLog · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/221 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/102822 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/65341 · Note