Re: slocate bug.

From: jayteeat_private
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 13:49:11 PST

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    Same error on RedHat 7.2 kernel 2.4.17
    
    
    > Heres the details on Mandrake Linux 
    > 
    > [elguapo@linux elguapo]$ ls -al `which slocate`
    > -rwxr-sr-x    2 root     slocate     24956 Apr  6  2001
    > /usr/bin/slocate*
    > [elguapo@linux elguapo]$ uname -a
    > Linux linux.ckfr.com 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001 i686
    > unknown
    > [elguapo@linux elguapo]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
    > Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586
    > [elguapo@linux elguapo]$ slocate -r `perl -e 'print "A" x 65026'`
    > Segmentation fault
    > 
    > (gdb) r -r `perl -e 'print "A" x 65026'`
    > Starting program: /usr/bin/slocate -r `perl -e 'print "A" x 65026'`
    > (no debugging symbols found)...
    > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
    > 0x400eeb69 in regerror () from /lib/libc.so.6
    > (gdb) bt
    > #0  0x400eeb69 in regerror () from /lib/libc.so.6
    > #1  0x0804aa99 in strcpy ()
    > 
    > gdb) i r
    > eax            0x400    1024
    > ecx            0xd      13
    > edx            0x0      0
    > ebx            0x40149f2c       1075093292
    > esp            0xbffef8f0       0xbffef8f0
    > ebp            0xbffef908       0xbffef908
    > esi            0x40141304       1075057412
    > edi            0x0      0
    > eip            0x400eeb69       0x400eeb69
    > 
    > -KF
    > Ehud Tenenbaum wrote:
    > > 
    > > Hey,
    > > 
    > > Its a good time to announce that 2xs security LTD. decided to
    > > create a research team in order to focus on finding new bugs,
    > > further more we managed to develop a security tool to discover
    > > bugs/security flaws. In the near future, the tool itself will became
    > > an open source project.
    > > 
    > > slocate (Secure locate) coming with the default installation in
    redhat
    > > linux suid to slocate.
    > > 
    > > bash-2.05$ ls -al /usr/bin/slocate
    > > -rwxr-sr-x    1 root     slocate     20880 dec 18  2000
    /usr/bin/slocate
    > > 
    > > bash-2.05$ slocate -r `perl -e 'print "A" x 65026'`
    > > Segmentation fault
    > > 
    > > bash-2.05$ slocate -r `perl -e 'print "A" x 65025'`
    > > [...] no segfault [...]
    > > 
    > > We found non exploitble bug which pointed out by KoSak (Cabezon
    Aurilien
    > > aurelien.cabezonat_private)
    > > 
    > > the segfault is due to a null pointer,
    > > because regcomp() will return 0 when the buffer is bigger
    > > than 65028 bytes -> then, regerr() will be called but the
    > > programmer forgot to allocate his errbuf variable,
    > > so it is called with errbuf=NULL. (See line 1193, main.c).
    > > 
    > > should anyone have questions or comments you can email us:
    > > 
    > > analyzerat_private
    > > izikat_private
    > > mixterat_private
    > > 
    > > --
    > > ------------
    > > Ehud Tenenbaum
    > > C.T.O & Project Manager
    > > 2xs LTD.
    > > Tel: 972-9-9519980
    > > Fax: 972-9-9519982
    > > E-Mail: ehudat_private
    > > ------------
    > >                                  Have A Safe Day
    > 
    
    
    
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