{"vuid":"VU#900964","idnumber":"900964","name":"FTE fails to properly validate environment variables","keywords":["FTE","buffer overflow","fte-console","HOME","TERM","environment variables"],"overview":"FTE contains a vulnerability in the processing of certain environment variables that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.","clean_desc":"FTE is a text editor available for a variety of operating systems. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way FTE performs bounds checking on certain environment variables. By supplying an overly  long string of characters for the HOME or TERM environment variable, a local user could execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the FTE process. Typically, FTE is installed with setuid root privileges.","impact":"A local user could execute arbitrary code with privileges of the FTE process.","resolution":"Upgrade\nUpgrade to the latest version of FTE as specified by your vendor.","workarounds":"","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was reported by Steve Kemp.","author":"This document was written by Damon Morda.","public":["http://shellcode.org/Advisories/FTE.txt","http://fte.sourceforge.net/","http://secunia.com/advisories/11290/","http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15726","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10041","http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-472","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203871"],"cveids":["CVE-2003-0648"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2004-04-16T12:59:17Z","publicdate":"2004-04-03T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2004-04-16T13:16:36Z","dateupdated":"2004-04-16T13:16:43Z","revision":4,"vrda_d1_directreport":"","vrda_d1_population":"","vrda_d1_impact":"","cam_widelyknown":"15","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"4","cam_population":"10","cam_impact":"20","cam_easeofexploitation":"15","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"10","cam_scorecurrent":"10.6875","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"13.5","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"24.75","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":10.6875,"vulnote":null}