Short Name |
APP:RWHOISD:RWHOISD-FS |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
rwhoisd Format String |
Release Date |
2003/04/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a format string vulnerability in Network Solutions Inc (NSI) rwhoisd 1.5.x. Attackers can access the x86 shellcodes from the original published exploit (gen.c); generic shellcode signatures also match.
Rwhoisd is a publicly available RWHOIS server daemon for Unix based systems developed and maintained by Network Solutions Inc. Rwhoisd contains a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability. It is possible to overwrite memory by if a client supplies malicious format specifiers as the argument to the '-soa' directive. Attackers may be able to execute arbitrary code on affected hosts.