Bugtraq: Re: proftp advisory

[drow () FALSE ORG (Daniel Jacobowitz)]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 12:40:54PM +0200, lamagra wrote:
> Bug1:
>   void set_proc_title(char *fmt,...) in src/main.c
>
>   <snippet>
>   memset(statbuf, 0, sizeof(statbuf));
>   vsnprintf(statbuf, sizeof(statbuf), fmt, msg);
>
>   #ifdef HAVE_SETPROCTITLE
>       setproctitle(statbuf);
>   #endif /* HAVE_SETPROCTITLE */
>   </snippet>
>
>   setproctitle, defined setproctitle(char *fmt,...);, calls vsnprintf().
>   This makes it vulnerable for formatattacks. By carefully outlining the
>   attackbuffer it's possible to gain root priviledges.
>
>   Fix: use setproctitle("%s",statbuf);
Note that this is a problem only if you have a setproctitle() in libc
(or libutil).  Linux does not (glibc 2.x), and I don't believe Solaris
does either.

Dan

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