ghost.c

gistfile1.c

/*
 * Qualys test program to check for presence of GHOST vulnerability
 * For more info: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9
 */
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

#define CANARY "in_the_coal_mine"

struct {
  char buffer[1024];
  char canary[sizeof(CANARY)];
} temp = { "buffer", CANARY };

int main(void) {
  struct hostent resbuf;
  struct hostent *result;
  int herrno;
  int retval;

  /*** strlen (name) = size_needed - sizeof (*host_addr) - sizeof (*h_addr_ptrs) - 1; ***/
  size_t len = sizeof(temp.buffer) - 16*sizeof(unsigned char) - 2*sizeof(char *) - 1;
  char name[sizeof(temp.buffer)];
  memset(name, '0', len);
  name[len] = '\0';

  retval = gethostbyname_r(name, &resbuf, temp.buffer, sizeof(temp.buffer), &result, &herrno);

  if (strcmp(temp.canary, CANARY) != 0) {
    puts("vulnerable");
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
  }
  if (retval == ERANGE) {
    puts("not vulnerable");
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
  }
  puts("should not happen");
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

By reading this post I think that gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 should be the equivalent to gethostbyname_r, on MacOS

(Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.15-0ubuntu10.10) 2.15 >> not vulnarable

$ uname -a
Linux xxxxx 2.6.18-348.6.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue May 21 16:10:52 EDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.5

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)

VULNARABLE