Boozt index.cgi Banner Creation Name Field Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 11082

Synopsis

It is possible to execute code on the remote host through the web server.

Description

The version of Boozt AdBanner installed on the remote web server fails to check the length of the 'name' POST parameter of the 'index.cgi' script before copying the supplied value to internal arrays. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this issue to overflow a buffer and crash the affected web server or even execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jan/36

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11082

File Name: boozt_admin_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/18/2002

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0098

BID: 3787, 6281