Bug 600741 - MaraDNS: Usa-after-free when parsing csv2 zone file, containing hostnames not ending with '.' character
Summary: MaraDNS: Usa-after-free when parsing csv2 zone file, containing hostnames not...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: maradns
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fleming
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep...
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 600738 600739 600740
Blocks: CVE-2010-2444
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Reported: 2010-06-05 20:33 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2011-06-27 17:35 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of: 600740
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-06-27 17:35:10 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Local copy of "maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch" from [2] (3.39 KB, patch)
2010-06-05 20:33 UTC, Jan Lieskovsky
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-05 20:33:00 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #600740 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #600739 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #600738 +++

Maradns upstream, in version v1.4.03 fixed following bug (from
patch changelog):

<begin quote>

This fixes a bug introduced in MaraDNS 1.3.03 (January 2007) when
I allowed '.' to be in a hostname: Hostnames that incorrectily not
end with a dot result in a string being deallocated then used.

MaraDNS 1.2 does not have this issue.

This issue can not be exploited from zones loaded using DNS's zone
transfer mechanism; fetchzone filters data obtained this way.  This issue
can only be exploited in the unusual case of an attacker having control
of the contents of a csv2 zone file to be parsed by MaraDNS.

This issue, on Linux systems, results in a null pointer dereference that
does not appear to be exploitable.

This patch cleanly patches MaraDNS 1.4.02 and against 1.3.07.09.

<end quote>

Red Hat Security Response Team wouldn't consider this to bei a security
issue, as it's just NULL pointer dereference and requires the attacker
to have control of the contenst of a csv2 zone file to be parsed
by MaraDNS (which is quite unlikely). But it's still a bug / deficiency,
which should be addressed.

References:
  [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=584587
  [2] http://maradns.org/download/maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch

--- Additional comment from jlieskov on 2010-06-05 16:27:48 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=421489)
Local copy of "maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch" from [2]

While current F-13 version of MaraDNS seems to already contain
some hunks of this patch, Michael, please double-check && rebuild
if necessary (at least first hunk seems applicable).

Thanks, Jan.

--- Additional comment from jlieskov on 2010-06-05 16:29:22 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=421490)
Local copy of "maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch" from [2]

--- Additional comment from jlieskov on 2010-06-05 16:32:02 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=421491)
Local copy of "maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch" from [2]

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-05 20:33:57 UTC
Created attachment 421492 [details]
Local copy of "maradns-1.4.02-parse_segfault.patch" from [2]

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