Buffer overflow in Radscan Network Audio System
CVE-2013-4256
Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Network Audio System (NAS) 1.9.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) display command argument to the ProcessCommandLine function in server/os/utils.c; (2) ResetHosts function in server/os/access.c; (3) open_unix_socket, (4) open_isc_local, (5) open_xsight_local, (6) open_att_local, or (7) open_att_svr4_local function in server/os/connection.c; the (8) AUDIOHOST environment variable to the CreateWellKnownSockets or (9) AmoebaTCPConnectorThread function in server/os/connection.c; or (10) unspecified vectors related to logging in the osLogMsg function in server/os/aulog.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (53.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Radscan Network Audio System — versions 1.9.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/19/3 (mailing-list, Patch)
- radscan.com/pipermail/nas/2013-August/001270.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/2 (mailing-list, Patch)
- sourceforge.net/p/nas/code/288 (Exploit, Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2771 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/61848 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1986-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)