APP: Tanne logger() Format String

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Tanne, an HTTP session management application used for online banking. Tanne 0.6.17 running on Linux is vulnerable. Attackers can insert a malicious format string to exploit the logger() function.

Extended Description

TANne is a freely available, open source session management package. It is available for Unix and Linux operating systems. Due to programming error, it may be possible to exploit a format string vulnerability. A logging function in the TANne program contains insecure syslog() calls. This could result in the execution of attacker-supplied code.

Affected Products

Tanne tanne

Short Name
APP:MISC:TANNE-FMT-STR
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
APP
Keywords
CVE-2003-1236 Format String Tanne bid:6553 logger()
Release Date
04/22/2003
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3336
Port
TCP/14002
False Positive
Rarely
Vendors

Tanne

CVSS Score

10.0

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