Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:22:55 +0200
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: pptpd (200304-08)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200304-08
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PACKAGE : pptpd
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-04-28 09:22 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <pptpd-1.1.3.20030429
FIXED VERSION : >=pptpd-1.1.3.20030429
CVE : CAN-2003-0213
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"PPTP packet header contain 16bit length which specifies the full size of
the packet:
bytes_this = read(clientFd, packet + bytes_ttl, 2 - bytes_ttl);
// ...
bytes_ttl += bytes_this;
// ...
length = htons(*(u_int16_t *) packet);
if (length > PPTP_MAX_CTRL_PCKT_SIZE) {
// abort
}
Looks good so far, except:
bytes_this = read(clientFd, packet + bytes_ttl, length - bytes_ttl);
If given length was 0 or 1, the "length - bytes_ttl" result is -1 or -2,
which means that it reads unlimited amount of data from client into
"packet", which is a buffer located in stack.
The exploitability only depends on if libc allows the size parameter to be
larger than SSIZE_MAX bytes. GLIBC does, Solaris and *BSD don't."
Read the full advisory at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104994375011406&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-dialup/pptpd upgrade to pptpd-1.1.3.20030409 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge pptpd
emerge clean
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