Network Solutions Rwhoisd Syslog Remote Format String

high Nessus Plugin ID 10804

Synopsis

Arbitrary code may be run on the remote server.

Description

The remote rwhois daemon is vulnerable to a format string attack when supplied malformed arguments to a malformed request (such as %p%p%p).

An attacker may use this flaw to gain a shell on this host.

*** Note that Nessus solely relied on the banner version to
*** issue this warning. If you manually patched rwhoisd, you
*** may not be vulnerable to this flaw

Solution

Disable this service or upgrade to version 1.5.7.3 or newer

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10804

File Name: rwhois_format_string2.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Published: 11/25/2001

Updated: 8/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0913