full-disclosure - Re: SANS PHP Port Scanner Remote Code Execution

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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:55:08 +0000
From: Dan Ballance <tzewang.dorje@...il.com>
To: Ulisses Montenegro <ulisses.montenegro@...il.com>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: SANS PHP Port Scanner Remote Code Execution

+1
On 6 Mar 2013 10:41, "Ulisses Montenegro" <ulisses.montenegro@...il.com>
wrote:

> Not including proper input validation and error handling in code samples
> is one of the most common and harmful practices in the software development
> industry -- doing it is not "optional" or "advanced", it is mandatory
> unless you want to be pwned.
>
> Developers need to start doing things properly from the very beginning, as
> habits become harder and harder to change with experience.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Benji <me@...ji.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, adding input sanitisation really wouldnt increase the code size
>> that much. Are you just incompetent?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Źmicier Januszkiewicz <gauri@....by>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> Well, I suppose this had to be a proof-of-concept piece of code to
>>> demonstrate how port scanning can be done in PHP, not a production-grade
>>> software. Adding input sanitization would increase the code size by a lot
>>> and obscure the concept somewhat (not that there is much to be said anout
>>> the concept though). Think we can give the dude some discount for that.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, seeing something like this coming from "Certified Ethical
>>> Hacker and Security + certified" makes me doubt the worthness of those
>>> certificates. Could be nice to know the exact naming of those certificates
>>> to properly disregard them in the future.
>>>
>>> With best regards,
>>> Z.
>>>
>>> 2013/3/6 laurent gaffie <laurent.gaffie@...il.com>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/php-build-your-own-mini-port-scanner/
>>>>
>>>> Finding the vulnerability in this code is left as an exercise to the
>>>> reader.
>>>>
>>>> PS: "*Your comment will be awaiting moderation forever."*
>>>>
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> must be the process of putting them in.” - *Edsger Dijkstra*
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