Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:54:34 +0100 (CET) From: "corecode@corecode.ath.cx" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, robkli-8@student.luth.se, timecop@japan.co.jp, vuln-watch@vulnwatch.org Subject: ports/33020: wmcube-gdk is vulnerable to a local exploit Message-ID: <200112181354.fBIDsYH04687@elevation.zuhause.stoert.net>
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>Number: 33020 >Category: ports >Synopsis: wmcube-gdk is vulnerable to a local exploit >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 19 14:20:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: corecode >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD elevation.zuhause.stoert.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #3: Thu Dec 13 16:08:02 CET 2001 corecode@elevation.zuhause.stoert.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ELEVATION i386 >Description: wmcube-gdk is vulnerable to a local exploit resulting in priority elevation (to gid kmem) see: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246033 >How-To-Repeat: make & install wmcube-gdk >Fix: there might still be some problems as i didn't have much time to audit the source code. better than nothing diff -ruN wmcube-gdk.old/Makefile wmcube-gdk/Makefile --- wmcube-gdk.old/Makefile Tue Dec 4 02:00:43 2001 +++ wmcube-gdk/Makefile Tue Dec 18 14:41:39 2001 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PORTNAME= wmcube PORTVERSION= 0.98p1 +PORTREVISION= 1 CATEGORIES= sysutils windowmaker MASTER_SITES= http://www.ne.jp/asahi/linux/timecop/software/ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -gdk diff -ruN wmcube-gdk.old/files/patch-wmcube.c wmcube-gdk/files/patch-wmcube.c --- wmcube-gdk.old/files/patch-wmcube.c Thu Aug 30 06:24:25 2001 +++ wmcube-gdk/files/patch-wmcube.c Tue Dec 18 14:38:42 2001 @@ -1,10 +1,73 @@ ---- wmcube.c.orig Thu Aug 16 13:04:38 2001 -+++ wmcube.c Thu Aug 16 13:05:00 2001 -@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ - #include <math.h> +--- wmcube.c.orig Tue Aug 28 12:08:13 2001 ++++ wmcube.c Tue Dec 18 14:37:25 2001 +@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ + #ifdef LINUX /* forgotten includes */ -#include <getopt.h> #include <dirent.h> + #endif - #include <sys/wait.h> +@@ -778,7 +777,7 @@ + newx -= CHAR_WIDTH; + } + +- sprintf(buf, "%02i%%", num); ++ snprintf(buf, 5, "%02i%%", num); + for (i = 0; (c = buf[i]); i++) { + if (c == '%') + copy_xpm_area(60, 0, 7, 9, newx, y); +@@ -1250,7 +1249,7 @@ + exit(0); + } + +- fscanf(fp, "%s", tmp); ++ fscanf(fp, "%63s", tmp); + + if (strcmp(tmp, "WMCUBE_COORDINATES") != 0) { + printf +@@ -1259,7 +1258,7 @@ + exit(0); + } + +- fscanf(fp, "%s", tmp); ++ fscanf(fp, "%63s", tmp); + counter = atoi(tmp); + + while ((strcmp(tmp, "WMCUBE_LINES") != 0) +@@ -1280,7 +1279,7 @@ + fclose(fp); + exit(0); + } +- fscanf(fp, "%s", tmp); ++ fscanf(fp, "%63s", tmp); + + if (feof(fp)) { + printf +@@ -1398,7 +1397,7 @@ + char cpuid[6]; + char check_cpu[6]; + +- sprintf(check_cpu, "cpu%d", which_cpu); ++ snprintf(check_cpu, 6, "cpu%d", which_cpu); + + if ((fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "rb")) == NULL) { + perror("/proc/stat required for this system"); +@@ -1409,7 +1408,7 @@ + return 0; + + for (i = -2; i < which_cpu; i++) { +- fscanf(fp, "%s", cpuid); ++ fscanf(fp, "%5s", cpuid); + } + + if (strcmp(check_cpu, cpuid) != 0) { +@@ -1431,7 +1430,7 @@ + fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "rt"); + + for (i = -2; i < which_cpu; i++) { +- fscanf(fp, "%s %d %d %d %d", cpuid, &cpu, &nice, &system, &idle); ++ fscanf(fp, "%5s %d %d %d %d", cpuid, &cpu, &nice, &system, &idle); + } + + fclose(fp); >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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