Bugtraq mailing list archives

RWhoisd remote format string vulnerability


From: root <root () cow net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:23:53 +0200 (IST)

Hello,

there is a serious bug in RWhoisd by NSI on all versions. 

it is possible for a user to supply the format string 
passed to print_error() simpley by using the "-soa" directive.
the results are obvious, we can write almost anywhere in the 
proc's memory thus executing code as the user running rwhoisd.
(usually rwhoisd , but can easily become root if rwhoisd.conf writeable)




Attachment: gen.c
Description:


Current thread: