ID

VAR-200308-0007

CVE

CVE-2003-0426

TITLE

Apple QuickTime / Darwin Streaming Server Privilege escalation vulnerability

DESCRIPTION

The installation of Apple QuickTime / Darwin Streaming Server before 4.1.3f starts the administration server with a "Setup Assistant" page that allows remote attackers to set the administrator password and gain privileges before the real administrator. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Rapid7, Inc. Security Advisory Visit http://www.rapid7.com/ to download NeXpose, the world's most advanced vulnerability scanner. Linux and Windows 2000/XP versions are available now! _______________________________________________________________________ Rapid7 Advisory R7-0015 Multiple Vulnerabilities Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server Published: July 22, 2003 Revision: 1.0 http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0015.html CVE: CAN-2003-0421, CAN-2003-0422, CAN-2003-0423, CAN-2003-0424, CAN-2003-0425, CAN-2003-0426, CAN-2003-0502 1. Affected system(s): KNOWN VULNERABLE: o QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3 for MacOS X o QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3 for Win32 o QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3 for Linux UNKNOWN/NOT TESTED: o other platforms (Solaris) 2. Summary Several vulnerabilities have been found in the Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server, including denial of service, web root traversal, and script source disclosure. 3. Vendor status and information Apple http://www.apple.com/ The vendor has been notified and has released fixes for all but one of the issues, which is currently under investigation. 4. Solution Upgrade to version 4.1.3g or later of Darwin Streaming Server, which may be obtained as a free download from: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/ Please see the next section for detailed fix information. 5. Detailed analysis There are several vulnerabilities. Denial of Service by HTTP Request for DOS Device Name CVE ID: CAN-2003-0421 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3e and earlier (Win32 only) Fixed: In version 4.1.3f (Win32) Requesting a DOS device name (e.g. AUX) over HTTP (port 1220) will cause a denial of service on the server. An initial HTTP 404 response will be returned for the device request, but future requests will not be serviced. For example: ==> GET /AUX HTTP/1.0 Denial of Service by Request for ../ DOS Device Name CVE ID: CAN-2003-0502 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3f and earlier (Win32 only) Fixed: In version 4.1.3g (Win32) This is a variant of CAN-2003-0421. A fix for CAN-2003-0421 was included in Streaming Server version, 4.1.3f, but further testing revealed that it was vulnerable to a variant where the device name was prefixed by dotdot slash (../), as in: ==> GET /../AUX HTTP/1.0 Denial of Service by HTTP Request for /view_broadcast.cgi Script CVE ID: CAN-2003-0422 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3e and earlier (Win32 only) Fixed: In version 4.1.3f (Win32) Requesting the /view_broadcast.cgi script over HTTP (port 1220) will cause a denial of service on the server if the required request parameters are not sent. The connection will be closed midway through servicing the request and no new connections will be allowed to the server. Example: ==> GET /view_broadcast.cgi HTTP/1.0 <== HTTP/1.0 200 OK <== Content-Type: video/quicktime <== <== rtsp:// ^^ server drops connection Source Disclosure via HTTP Request for /parse_xml.cgi Script CVE ID: CAN-2003-0423 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3g and earlier Fixed: No fix is available at this time. Apple is aware of this issue and they are investigating it further. The source code of any file within the web root can be obtained by issuing a request for /parse_xml.cgi?filename=[file], where [file] is the file whose source code you wish to view. This is only a serious risk if the administrator has installed custom scripts on Darwin Streaming Server that need to be protected. Script Source Disclosure by Appending Special Characters CVE ID: CAN-2003-0424 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3e and earlier (Win32 only) Fixed: In version 4.1.3f (Win32) The source code of any script can be obtained by appending the special characters %2e (period) or %20 (space) to an HTTP request for that script. For example, requesting /view_broadcast.cgi%2e will reveal the source code for that script. Web Root Traversal and Arbitrary File Disclosure (Win32) CVE ID: CAN-2003-0425 Affects: Darwin Streaming Server v4.1.3e and earlier (Win32 only) Fixed: In version 4.1.3f (Win32) Any file on the system can be retrieved by using three dots to break out of the web root. For example, requesting /.../qtusers will return the QuickTime user/password file. 6. Contact Information Rapid7 Security Advisories Email: advisory@rapid7.com Web: http://www.rapid7.com/ Phone: +1 (212) 558-8700 7. Disclaimer and Copyright Rapid7, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of the information provided in our security advisories. These advisories are a service to the professional security community. There are NO WARRANTIES with regard to this information. Any application or distribution of this information constitutes acceptance AS IS, at the user's own risk. This information is subject to change without notice. This advisory Copyright (C) 2003 Rapid7, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to redistribute this advisory, providing that no changes are made and that the copyright notices and disclaimers remain intact. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBPx3UVST52JC2U8wAEQLPIwCg2Ps9jBufF8N6dGgCaoxEMijMtbcAnRL8 793Plejp5hw/r1OkojX2CQaB =OD0m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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