Title: Multiple Vendor Linux LCDProc Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
A vulnerability exists in the server portion of version 0.4 of the LCDProc package. Several remote buffer overflows exist that could allow a remote attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. As listed in the Bugtraq posting revealing this vulnerability, overflows exist at:
parse.c:149: sprintf(errmsg, "huh? Invalid command \"%s\"\n", argv[0]);
screenlist.c:119: sprintf(str, "ignore %s\n", old_s->id);
screenlist.c:134: sprintf(str, "listen %s\n", s->id);
It is possible to exploit this conditions to execute code with the privileges of the user LCDProc is running as.
Affected Products:
- LCDProc LCDProc 0.4.0
References:
- LCDProc: LCDProc
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