buffer overflow on whois (redhat linux 7.0/7.1 on i686)

From: Eduardo Damato (damatoat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 10:37:20 PST

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    Hi All,
    
    Can anyone reproduce the following errors?
    I got them in 3 Redhat 7.0/7.1 (i686) boxes. It is possibly due to a
    buffer overflow. I have upgraded the linux boxes to the latest glibc
    available (glibc-2.2.4-19.3). It didnt happen on red hat 7.2 though.
    
    
    $whois
    syntax: whois [-v] [-r] [-h server] [-p port] [--] query[@server[:port]]
    default server is whois.crsnic.net
    
    $whois -r
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    $whois -v
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    $whois -h
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    $whois -p
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    
    Apparently the problem is a NULL call to strlen() in glibc.
    Analysing the cores generated by whois i got the following errors:
    
    #0  0x400bf071 in strlen () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
    
    
    
    $gdb whois core
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    This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...
    Core was generated by `whois -p'.
    Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
    Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2
    Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
    Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    #0  0x400bf071 in strlen () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
    
    
    -- 
    Eduardo Damato
    Network Analyst - GRC/UNESP
    email: damatoat_private
    



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