Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:22616

Info

Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22616
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-5276
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 19 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 15 2007 12:38AM
Credit: Neel Mehta of the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Snort Project Snort 2.6.1 .2
Snort Project Snort 2.6.1 .1
Snort Project Snort 2.6.1
Snort Project Snort 2.7.0 beta 1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.1
Redhat Fedora Core7
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Intrusion Sensor 4.1
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Intrusion Sensor 4.6
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Intrusion Sensor 4.5
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Defense Center 4.1
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Defense Center 4.6
Nortel Networks Threat Protection System Defense Center 4.5
Gentoo net-analyzer/snort 2.6.1
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Snort Project Snort 2.6.1.3
Gentoo net-analyzer/snort 2.6.1.3

Discussion

Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Snort IDS and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor are prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the network intrusion detection (NID) systems fail to handle specially crafted 'DCE' and 'RPC' network packets.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute malicious code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed attempts will likely cause these applications to crash.

Exploit / POC

Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

UPDATE: Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

An exploit is available to members of the Immunity Partner's program:

https://www.immunityinc.com/downloads/immpartners/snortrpc.tar

The following exploit code is also available:

Solution / Fix

Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Snort IDS/IPS 2.6.1.3 contains a fix to address this issue; please see the references for details.


Snort Project Snort 2.6.1 .2

Snort Project Snort 2.6.1 .1

Snort Project Snort 2.6.1

References

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