full-disclosure - Re: eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability

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Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:40:50 +0200
From: Nico Golde <fd@...lde.de>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability

Hi,
* Thomas Sader <thommey@...il.com> [2009-05-15 11:52]:
> Affected software
> -----------------
> 
> eggdrop (1.6.19 only, not 1.6.19+ctcpfix)
> windrop (1.6.19 only, not 1.6.19+ctcpfix)
> all eggdrop/windrop versions and packages which apply Nico Goldes
> patch for CVE-2007-2807/SA25276 See: [1]
> 
> Vulnerability details
> ---------------------
> 
> The SA25276 patch ([1]) uses strncpy to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability
> in src/mod/server.mod/servmsg.c (gotmsg). The last argument is not checked
> for being non-negative, but that can happen if ctcpbuf is "". That causes
> a remote crash vulnerability to be exploited by anyone connected to the same
> IRC network as eggdrop. The SA25276 patch has been applied to the eggdrop1.6.18
> debian package and was later adopted by Eggheads into eggdrop1.6.19.

Dang, nice find.

Cheers
Nico
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