CVE-2019-0053
HIGHJunos OS - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Telnet Client via Environment Variable Handling
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2019-0053. PoCs published by Hacker Fantastic, dreamsmasher.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The writeup describes stack and heap overflow vulnerabilities in GNU inetutils telnet client (<=1.9.4) due to unbounded environment variable handling, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The analysis includes code snippets, exploitation examples, and debug traces.
Description
Insufficient validation of environment variables in the telnet client supplied in Junos OS can lead to stack-based buffer overflows, which can be exploited to bypass veriexec restrictions on Junos OS. A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting via the telnet client to remote telnet servers. This issue only affects the telnet client — accessible from the CLI or shell — in Junos OS. Inbound telnet services are not affected by this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S13; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D130, 14.1X53-D49; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S12, 15.1R7-S4; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D170; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D237, 15.1X53-D496, 15.1X53-D591, 15.1X53-D69; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S11, 16.1R7-S4; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S9; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S8, 17.2R2-S7, 17.2R3-S1; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S4; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S6, 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S2, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D40; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S3, 18.3R2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.
Exploits (2)
The writeup describes stack and heap overflow vulnerabilities in GNU inetutils telnet client (<=1.9.4) due to unbounded environment variable handling, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The analysis includes code snippets, exploitation examples, and debug traces.
This repository provides a patched PKGBUILD for inetutils to address CVE-2019-0053, a buffer overflow vulnerability caused by the use of sprintf instead of snprintf. It does not contain exploit code but discusses the vulnerability and mitigation.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H