Re: Linux kernel IGMP vulnerabilities
Hi,
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Paul Starzetz wrote:
Synopsis: Linux kernel IGMP vulnerabilities
Product: Linux kernel
Version: 2.4 up to and including 2.4.28, 2.6 up to and including 2.6.9
[...]
Both parts of the IGMP subsystem have exploitable flaws:
(1) the ip_mc_source() function, that can be called through the user API
(the IP_(UN)BLOCK_SOURCE, IP_ADD/DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP as well as
MCAST_(UN)BLOCK_SOURCE and MCAST_JOIN/LEAVE_SOURCE_GROUP socket SOL_IP
level options) suffers from a serious kernel hang and kernel memory
overwrite problem.
[...]
Does this also affect earlier 2.4 releases which did not yet
incorporate IGMPv3? If so, to which extent? AFAIR, IGMPv3/MLDv2 was
added in 2.4.22.
At least the PoC requires *_(UN)BLOCK_SOURCE APIs which were added
with IGMPv3.
As far as I can see (a very quick look), 2.4 prior to 2.4.22 should
not be (at least similarly) affected.
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