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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:41:53 -0700
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>
To: oss-security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, Hanno Böck <hanno@...eck.de>
Subject: Re: Terminal escape sequences - the new XSS for admins?
> This is why I am not happy about this thread's apparent decision to
> dismiss unsafe handling of likely terminal escapes (the known ranges) in
> untrusted input in individual programs as long as there are no known
> worse-than-DoS intentional features in modern terminal emulators.
> I would be happier to have this layer of security as well. Besides, DoS
> issues are a concern too, and are obviously available as intentional
> features in typical terminal emulators.
I definitely think it deserves a closer look. Here are three recent
finds that kcwu reported after apparently testing GNU screen with
afl-fuzz:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45715
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45714
While I suspect that command injection bugs (the thing that started
the thread) are fairly rare, I fully expect that escape sequence
handling is under-audited and that there's plenty of mem corruption
bugs to be found.
(Cc:ing Hanno in case he wants to have a look.)
/mz
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