Re: ptrace exploit workaround

[Jose Carlos Luna Duran <luna () aditel org>]

En Tue Mar 18, 2003 at 11:57:25PM +0100, Juraj Bednar <juraj () bednar sk> escribio:
> Hi,
>
>
>     while waiting for kernel compilations from Debian (and while waiting
>     for my kernel compilations to finish), I coded a single module,
>     which acts as a workaround for one particular exploit I found in one
>     user's homedirectory. 
>
>     Disclaimer:
>
>       1.) I don't guarantee, that it will protect you from other
>       exploits (it won't).
>
>       2.) I guarantee, it won't break anything (actually it will break
>       some occassional ptrace situations, but for simple gdb and stuff,
>       this is ok).
>
>       3.) I don't guarantee it will work. It may freeze your machine.
>       YMMV. 
>
>       4.) I'm not a linux kernel module coder. If you'll come with
>       something better, drop me a note.
>
>       5.) Against this exploit, simple chmod 700 /proc would suffice
>       (since it wants to open /proc/self/exe). This is somehow cleaner.

Hi Juraj, that exploit that you mention about is publicly available
on a very well known site (hack.co.za). So, full-disclosure readers
may want to take a look at it.
> From my point of view protecting the /proc will do nothing, you can 
rewrite that exploit without reading proc in a matter of seconds, it 
reads it only for the sake of obtaining the complete path of the exploit 
cause its shellcode payload will do a chown & chmod afterwards on it.
In the linux-kernel list there was a post on this subject on monday
it also displays an alternative patch for 2.4.20 / 21pre:

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0303.2/0226.html


>       6.) It should unload correctly, if it won't freeze your system
>       (see point 3:).
>
>     Anyways, as a simple workaround, it works for me, so I thought I'll
>     post it, it may help you overcome this ugly time.
>
>     Compilation instruction in source comment.
>
>
>      J.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Juraj Bednar
> http://www.jurajbednar.com/
> http://juraj.bednar.sk/

Best regards, 

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