Bugtraq: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Buffer Overflow in ActivePerl ?

From: Bill Royds <full-disclosure_at_royds.net>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:22:54 -0400

C:\Documents and Settings\Bill>Perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Binary build 802 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com
Built 00:54:02 Nov 8 2002

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
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C:\Documents and Settings\Bill>perl -e "$a="A" x 256; system($a)"

===========crashes with instruction at ox78f... Referenced memory at
0x41414141
so it is a stqack overflow. Haven't tried to exploit it yet.

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin_at_lists.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin_at_lists.netsys.com] On Behalf Of
rich.sf_at_lclogic.com
Sent: May 17, 2004 8:59 PM
To: Oliver_at_greyhat.de
Cc: full-disclosure_at_lists.netsys.com; bugtraq_at_securityfocus.com
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Buffer Overflow in ActivePerl ?

Reproduced with 5.6.1/win95.

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Oliver_at_greyhat.de wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:23:56 +0200
> From: "Oliver_at_greyhat.de" <Oliver_at_greyhat.de>
> To: full-disclosure_at_lists.netsys.com
> Cc: bugtraq_at_securityfocus.com
> Subject: Buffer Overflow in ActivePerl ?
>
> hi folks,
>
> i played around with ActiveState's ActivePerl for Win32, and crashed
> Perl.exe with the following command:
>
> perl -e "$a="A" x 256; system($a)"
>
> I wonder if this bug isnt known?!? Because system() is a very common
> command....
> Can anybody reproduce this?
>
> I put together a little advisory on my website, including version
> information and a debugger output (Drwatson):
>
> http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/ActivePerlSystemBOF.txt
>
>
> PS: Due to travel activity, i will not be able to respond to mails
> within the next 8 days!
>
> Regards,
>
> Oliver
>

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