Re: NSFOCUS SA2001-07 : ActivePerl PerlIS.dll Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

[Indigo <indig0 () talk21 com>]

In-Reply-To: <20011123042207.11342.qmail () mail securityfocus com>

Having reinstalled Activestate PERL 5.6.1.629 and IIS 
from scratch I agree that the default setings do not 
allow you to exploit the overflow. You must 
uncheck 'check file exists'. I have not checked any 
earlier versions though.

In the instructions for installing the PerlIIS ISAPI 
extension it suggests replacing the mappings for 
both .pl and .plx with PerlIIS.dll.

If anyone wants to test 'jack.c' with .plx instead of .pl 
all they need to do is change the last line of the 
shellcode from:

"\x2E\x70\x6C\x20\x48\x54\x54\x50\x2F\x31
\x2E\x30\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A\x00";

 to

"\x2E\x70\x6C\x78\x20\x48\x54\x54\x50\x2F\x31
\x2E\x30\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A\x00";

Cheers,

Indigo.

> > From: Jim <raxor () dexlink com>
> > Has anyone been able to duplicate this bug ? 
>
> A *default* install of IIS5 (tested in w2k pro) with 
> ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 is *not* vulnerable to this bug.  
In 
> order to become vulnerable, you must disable 
> the "Check that file exists" option for PerlIS.dll.  (In 
> order to do this, open up the IIS MMC, right click on 
a 
> (virtual) directory in your web server, 
> choose "Properties", click on the "Configuration..." 
> button, highlight the ".plx" item, click "Edit", and then 
> uncheck "Check that file exists".)
>
> > Am I wrong or does the ISAPI version of ActivePerl 
> > execute .plx files and not .pl as mentioned in the 
> > advisory ? 
>
> On my test machine (win2k pro), by default perl.exe 
> handles .pl and perlIS.dll handles .plx
>
> --
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