FScan banner grabbing format string
| fscan-banner-format-string (8895) |  High Risk |
Description:
FScan is vulnerable to a format string attack. If the "banner grabbing" feature is enabled, a remote attacker could use format specifiers in the banner service to execute arbitrary commands on the host running FScan upon the attacker's system being scanned.
Platforms Affected:
- Foundstone Labs, FScan 1.12
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of FScan (1.14 or later), available from the Foundstone Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 19 2002 - 04:19:20 CDT, KPMG-2002014: Foundstone Fscan Format String Bug at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0030.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed May 01 2002 - 11:46:39 CDT, FW: Fscan advisory (fwd) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0434.html.
- Foundstone Web site, ScanLine (TM) 1.01 - Command line port scanner. at http://www.foundstone.com/knowledge/proddesc/fscan.html.
- BID-4549: Foundstone FScan Banner Grabbing Format String Vulnerability
- BID-455: AIX lquerypv Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0598: Format string vulnerability in Foundstone FScan 1.12 with banner grabbing enabled allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the scanning system via format string specifiers in the server banner.
Reported:
Apr 19, 2002
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