CVE-2010-1938

Publication date 28 May 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Off-by-one error in the __opiereadrec function in readrec.c in libopie in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier, as used on FreeBSD 6.4 through 8.1-PRERELEASE and other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username, as demonstrated by a long USER command to the FreeBSD 8.0 ftpd.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
opie	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.40~dfsg-0ubuntu1.10.04.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.40~dfsg-0ubuntu1.9.10.1
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2.40~dfsg-0ubuntu1.9.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

in dapper and hardy, the off-by-one overflows into *c, which isn't used after in the function, so it's harmless. on jaunty+, fortify source makes opie abort, so it is a denial of service.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
opie	Vendor: http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-10:05/opie.patch

CVE-2010-1938

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mdeslaur

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