Multiple vulnerabilities in DConnect Daemon 0.7.0 (CVS 30 Jul 2006)

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Luigi Auriemma

Application: DConnect Daemon
http://www.dc.ds.pg.gda.pl
Versions: <= 0.7.0 and CVS <= 30 Jul 2006
Platforms: Windows, *nix, *BSD and others
Bugs: A] listen_thread_udp buffer-overflow
B] dc_chat NULL pointer
C] various format string bugs (privileges needed)
Exploitation: remote
Date: 06 Aug 2006
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi (at) autistici (dot) org [email concealed]
web: aluigi.org

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1) Introduction
2) Bugs
3) The Code
4) Fix

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1) Introduction
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DConnect Daemon is an open source P2P server for the Direct Connect
protocol.

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2) Bugs
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A] listen_thread_udp buffer-overflow
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The main function which handles the UDP packets is affected by a
buffer-overflow vulnerability which happens when a nickname longer than
32 (NICK_LEN) chars is received.
The UDP port is disabled by default, the min_slots parameter in
dcd.conf must be enabled for using this service.

From main.c:

void listen_thread_udp(void *args)
...
char *ip=NULL, bufor[10001], *cmd=NULL, *nick=NULL, *s_slots=NULL,
*__strtok_temp__=NULL, nick_prev[NICK_LEN], *filename;
...
if (!i)nick_prev[0]=0;
else strcpy(nick_prev,nick);
...

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B] dc_chat NULL pointer
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The dc_chat function used for handling the messages received from the
clients leads to a crash caused by usr->nick which points to NULL if
the client has not sent its nickname yet (so it's enough to send a
message as first command for exploiting this bug).

From cmd.dc.c:

void dc_chat(dc_param_t *param)
{
userrec_t *usr = param->usr;
...
if (strcmp(cmd,usr->nick))
...

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C] various format string bugs (privileges needed)
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privmsg and pubmsg are two functions used to send messages to one or
more users.
Both the functions require a format argument (like printf) which is
missed in some parts of the code.
These format string vulnerabilities can be exploited only if the
attacker has superior user or administrator privileges.

From cmd.user.c:

void chat_msg(chat_param_t *param)
...
if (user[n]!=usr) pubmsg(user[n],msg);
...

void chat_msg_all(chat_param_t *param)
...
pubmsg(NULL,par);
...

void chat_msg_prv(chat_param_t *param)
...
if (user[n]!=usr) privmsg(user[n],NULL,msg);
...

void chat_msg_prv_all(chat_param_t *param)
...
privmsg(NULL,NULL,msg);
...

From penalties.c:

void penalprvmsg(userrec_t *to, char *op, char *fmt, ...)
...
privmsg(to,op,str);
...

From cmd.dc.c:

void dc_OpForceMove(dc_param_t *param)
...
privmsg(usr,NULL,msg);
...

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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.org/poc/dconnx.zip

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4) Fix
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CVS 31 Jul 2006:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous (at) cvs.ds.pg.gda (dot) pl [email
concealed]:/home/cvsroot get dc-hub

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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.org
http://mirror.aluigi.org

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Multiple vulnerabilities in DConnect Daemon 0.7.0 (CVS 30 Jul 2006)