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FreeBSD : yamt -- arbitrary command execution vulnerability (d4a7054a-6d96-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 19134

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Manigandan Radhakrishnan discovered a security vulnerability in YAMT which can lead to execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running YAMT when sorting based on MP3 tags. The problem exist in the id3tag_sort() routine which does not properly sanitize the artist tag from the MP3 file before using it as an argument to the mv command.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ee9bf8c8

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ec48e52

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 19134

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d4a7054a6d9611d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:yamt, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1302

BID: 11999