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Luigi Auriemma
Application: xtacacasd
http://www.netplex-tech.com/software/xtacacsd
Versions: <= 4.1.2
Platforms: *nix
Bug: buffer-overflow in report()
Exploitation: remote
Date: 08 Jan 2008
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: aluigi.org
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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix
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1) Introduction
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xtacacsd is an Unix TACACS server no longer supported.
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2) Bug
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From misc.c:
#ifdef __STDC__
report (int priority, char *fmt, ...)
#else
report(priority, fmt, va_alist)
int priority;
char *fmt;
va_dcl /* no terminating semi-colon */
#endif
{
char msg[256]; /* temporary string */
va_list ap;
#ifdef __STDC__
va_start(ap, fmt);
#else
va_start(ap);
#endif
vsprintf (msg, fmt, ap);
va_end(ap);
...
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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.org/poc/xtacacsdz.zip
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4) Fix
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No longer supported
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