CVE-2023-24040 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can inject printer names to manipulate control flow and disclose memory contents in the Common Desktop Environment on Solaris.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-24040?
CVE-2023-24040 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dtprintinfo in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 has a bug in the parser of lpstat (an invoked external command) during listing of the names of available printers. This allows low-privileged local users to inject arbitrary printer names via the $HOME/.printers file. This injection allows those users to manipulate the control flow and disclose memory contents on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24040?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opengroup Common Desktop Environment.
How do I fix CVE-2023-24040?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2023-24040 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-24040 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g29v-3m9r-f46w.