Input validation error in fwsnort - CVE-2014-0039

 

Input validation error in fwsnort - CVE-2014-0039

Published: February 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42052
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0039
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: www.cipherdyne.org
Affected software:
fwsnort

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path"


How to mitigate CVE-2014-0039

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources