Format string error in Network Audio System - CVE-2013-4258
Published: October 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42480
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4258
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: radscan.com
Affected software:
Network Audio System
Network Audio System
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Format string vulnerability in the osLogMsg function in server/os/aulog.c in Network Audio System (NAS) 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in unspecified vectors, related to syslog.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4258
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://radscan.com/pipermail/nas/2013-August/001270.html
- http://radscan.com/pipermail/nas/2013-August/001277.html
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1Rp1rP-00038Z-VJ%40sfp-svn-6.v30.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=nas-commits
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2771
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/19/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61852