Citadel/UX Remote Format String

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2454

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Citadel/UX, a BBS software for Unix systems.
There is a format string issue in the remote version of this software that may be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host. The remote version of Citadel/UX is also known to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the way that select() function is performed.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0113.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0139.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2454

Family: CGI

Published: 12/13/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

BID: 11885, 12344