TITLE:
TN3270 Resource Gateway Potential syslog Perl Format String
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18185

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18185/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
TN3270 Resource Gateway (TN3270RG) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6642/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in TN3270 Resource Gateway
(TN3270RG), which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local
users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to gain
escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to several format string errors when
using syslog to log certain resource allocation messages. This may be
exploited to crash the service and may allow arbitrary code
execution.

Successful exploitation requires that a local user is able to input
specially crafted resource strings into the database and e.g.
tricking another user to run the affected software.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.1.0. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=379592

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