From core.lists.bugtraq@CORE-SDI.COM Thu Nov 9 15:35:15 2000 From: "[iso-8859-1] Iván Arce" To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:19:57 -0300 Subject: [BUGTRAQ] [CORE SDI ADVISORY] MS NT4.0 Terminal Server Edition GINA buffer overflow [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] CORE SDI http://www.core-sdi.com Vulnerability Report For Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server GINA Date Published: 2000-11-08 Advisory ID: CORE-20001108 Bugtraq ID: 1924 CVE CAN: Non currently assigned. Title: Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server RegAPI.DLL Buffer Overflow Class: Boundary Error Condition (Buffer Overflow) Remotely Exploitable: Yes Locally Exploitable: Yes Release Mode: COORDINATED RELEASE Vulnerability Description: GINA stands for Graphical Identification aNd Authorization and describes an interface for the validation of logon credentials. The default implementation is MSGINA.DLL. The MSGINA.DLL in Microsoft Windows 4.0 is responsable of performing the authentication policy of the interactive logon model, and is expected to perform all identification and authentication user interactions. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server ships with a remotely and locally exploitable buffer overflow in a Dinamically Linked Library (RegAPI.DLL) that MSGINA.DLL uses. It could be exploited by entering a long string in the username field. This buffer overflow when being triggered will result in a system crash (if triggered locally) or a connection drop (if triggered remotely). By providing a specially crafted username an attacker has the ability to obtain access to the Terminal Server and execute arbitrary commands as user SYSTEM. Vulnerable Packages/Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition SP6a and below Solution/Vendor Information/Workaround: Microsoft has released a fix for the problem, it can be obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=25565 More Information: Please see the following references for more information related to this issue. Frequently Asked Questions: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-087, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-087.asp Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q277910 discusses this issue and will be available soon. Microsoft TechNet Security web site, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.asp Additionally, advisories and information on security issues concerning Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition can be obtained from: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/571 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq99-028.asp Other advisories from CORE SDI can be obtained from: http://www.core-sdi.com/english/publications.html Vendor notified on: October 3rd, 2000 Credits: This vulnerability was discovered by Bruno Acselrad of CORE SDI S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina. We wish to thank the Microsoft Security Team for their prompt acknowledge and response to the problem report. This advisory was drafted with the help of the SecurityFocus.com Vulnerability Help Team. For more information or assistance drafting advisories please mail vulnhelp@securityfocus.com. Technical Description - Exploit/Concept Code: Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server has a remote and locally exploitable buffer overflow in the GINA subsystem. Entering a long username in the username edit box will make the system crash (if done locally) or drop the connection (if done remotely). The problem occurs when MSGINA.DLL calls the ReUserConfigQuery() function in RegAPI.DLL. Within that function wscpy() is first called and then wscat() appends to a local variable of fixed lenght a fixed key and the username string. This local variable can be overflowed resulting in the execution of arbitrary commands on the vulnerable host. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this advisory are copyright (c) 2000 CORE SDI S.A. and may be distributed freely provided that no fee is charged for this distribution and proper credit is given. $Id: NT4TS-gina-advisory.txt,v 1.6 2000/11/09 00:03:51 iarce Exp $ --- "Understanding. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house, It's nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse." - Ambrose Bierce ==================[ CORE Seguridad de la Informacion S.A. ]========= Iván Arce Presidente PGP Fingerprint: C7A8 ED85 8D7B 9ADC 6836 B25D 207B E78E 2AD1 F65A email : iarce@core-sdi.com http://www.core-sdi.com Florida 141 2do cuerpo Piso 7 C1005AAG Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel/Fax : +(54-11) 4331-5402 ===================================================================== --- For a personal reply use iarce@core-sdi.com