Eterm $HOME environment variable buffer overflow
| eterm-home-bo (7896) |  High Risk |
Description:
Eterm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking of the $HOME environment variable. By setting the $HOME environment variable to a character string containing 4128 bytes or more and executing Eterm, a local attacker can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with utmp privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Michael Jennings, Eterm 0.9.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 15, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jan 21 2002 - 13:24:37 CST, Re: Eterm SGID utmp Buffer Overflow (Local) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0246.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jan 13 2002 - 08:57:57 CST, Eterm SGID utmp Buffer Overflow (Local) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0157.html.
- Eterm Web site, Eterm.Org at http://www.eterm.org/.
- BID-3868: IMLib2 Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0143: Buffer overflow in Eterm of Enlightenment Imlib2 1.0.4 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
Reported:
Jan 13, 2002
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