REDHAT-BUG-1319648: Use After Free

Published Mar 21, 2016
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Updated

A heap use after free vulnerability was reported in bzip2recover. A maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash.

Proposed patch attached.

== ASAN output & backtrace == bzip2recover 1.0.6: extracts blocks from damaged .bz2 files. /opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover: searching for block boundaries ... block 1 runs from 176 to 175 block 2 runs from 224 to 871 block 3 runs from 920 to 919 block 4 runs from 968 to 1024 (incomplete) bzip2recover: splitting into blocks writing block 2 to crasherfile1' ... Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. ================================================================= ==8476== ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x60060000ef8c at pc 0x40277c bp 0x7fff7f1afe90 sp 0x7fff7f1afe80 READ of size 4 at 0x60060000ef8c thread T0 #0 0x40277b (/opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover+0x40277b) #1 0x401f35 (/opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover+0x401f35) #2 0x7f10fcae2af4 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so+0x21af4) #3 0x4020e4 (/opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover+0x4020e4) 0x60060000ef8c is located 12 bytes inside of 24-byte region [0x60060000ef80,0x60060000ef98) freed by thread T0 here: #0 0x7f10fce98009 (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.0.0.0+0x16009) #1 0x40205c (/opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover+0x40205c) previously allocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x7f10fce98129 (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.0.0.0+0x16129) #1 0x40175f (/opt/bzip-asan/bin/bzip2recover+0x40175f) Shadow bytes around the buggy address: 0x0c013fff9da0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9db0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9dc0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9dd0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9de0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa =>0x0c013fff9df0: fd[fd]fd fa fa fa 00 00 00 fa fa fa fd fd fd fa 0x0c013fff9e00: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9e10: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9e20: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9e30: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c013fff9e40: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes): Addressable: 00 Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Heap left redzone: fa Heap righ redzone: fb Freed Heap region: fd Stack left redzone: f1 Stack mid redzone: f2 Stack right redzone: f3 Stack partial redzone: f4 Stack after return: f5 Stack use after scope: f8 Global redzone: f9 Global init order: f6 Poisoned by user: f7 ASan internal: fe

bt #0 0x00007ffff7a8fa11 in putc () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000000004046ad in bsPutBit (bit=0x0, bs=<optimized out>) at bzip2recover.c:183 #2 bsPutUChar (c=<optimized out>, bs=<optimized out>) at bzip2recover.c:246 #3 main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at bzip2recover.c:455 #4 0x00007ffff7a3caf5 in libcstartmain () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #5 0x0000000000405bd9 in start ()

Affected Software

1 affected component
bzip2 bzip2recover

Event History

Mar 21, 2016
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·09:17 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of REDHAT-BUG-1319648?

The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1319648 is classified as high due to the potential for application crashes from a heap use after free vulnerability.

2

How do I fix REDHAT-BUG-1319648?

To fix REDHAT-BUG-1319648, apply the proposed patch provided in the bug report.

3

What software is affected by REDHAT-BUG-1319648?

The affected software for REDHAT-BUG-1319648 is bzip2recover, a component of the bzip2 compression tool.

4

What is the impact of exploiting REDHAT-BUG-1319648?

Exploiting REDHAT-BUG-1319648 could lead to application crashes when processing maliciously crafted files.

5

Is there a workaround for REDHAT-BUG-1319648?

There is no official workaround for REDHAT-BUG-1319648; applying the patch is the recommended approach.

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