[UNIX] BOOZT! Administration CGI Vulnerable to Buffer Overflow

From: support@securiteam.com
Date: 01/08/02 

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Date: Tue,  8 Jan 2002 21:08:00 +0100 (CET)

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  BOOZT! Administration CGI Vulnerable to Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.boozt.com/> BOOZT! is a banner management software for Linux
servers. A security vulnerability in the product allows remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code, by exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability
in the CGI.

DETAILS

Example:
Here is a reproduction of the bug:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/boozt/admin/index.cgi?section=5&input=1

Fill the "Name Field" with enough A's (over 770 A's) and press "Create New
Banner". You should see the following:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or mis-configuration and was
unable to complete your request.

Let us see what happened in error_log:

[Tue Feb 5 17:13:52 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of
script headers: /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/boozt/admin/index.cgi

Now see what the code for the AdministrationBanners function
(src/admin/banners.c) looks like:

         char name[255]="";

         [...]

        if ((pomus=(char *)GetFromCgi("name"))==NULL) strcpy(name,"");
        else strcpy(name,pomus);

There is no boundary checking in GetFromCgi:

        #define GetFromCgi(name) cgiParam(name)

        const char *cgiParam(const char *name)
        {
         return cgiPosParam((CgiPos*)listGetByName(name));
        }

        const char *cgiPosParam(CgiPos *where)
        {
         CgiElement *w=(CgiElement*)where;
         DefCheck(NULL);

         [ ... code to walk over the linked list ... ]
        }

This way we can write custom shellcode beyond the boundaries of the "name"
variable, getting a shell with HTTPd privileges.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:rsanmcar@alum.uax.es> Rafael
San Miguel Carrasco.

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