9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.034 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.5%
Alleycode HTML Editor is prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801127");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-23 16:18:41 +0200 (Fri, 23 Oct 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3708", "CVE-2009-3709");
script_name("Alleycode HTML Editor Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/36940");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/alleycode-overflow.txt");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_alleycode_html_editor_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Alleycode-HTML-Editor/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary
code or compromise a user's system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Alleycode HTML Editor version 2.21 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple boundary errors exist in the Meta Content Optimizer when
displaying the content of 'TITLE' or 'META' HTML tags. This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an HTML file defining an overly long
'TITLE' tag, 'description' or 'keywords' 'META' tag.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Alleycode HTML Editor is prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
aheVer = get_kb_item("Alleycode-HTML-Editor/Ver");
if(!aheVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less_equal(version:aheVer, test_version:"2.2.1")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}