#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(10281);
script_version("1.52");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");
script_name(english:"Telnet Server Detection");
script_summary(english:"Telnet Server Detection");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"A Telnet server is listening on the remote port.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a Telnet server, a remote terminal
server.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Disable this service if you do not use it.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"None");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"1999/10/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"asset_inventory", value:"True");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Service detection");
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "telnet.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/telnet", 23);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("byte_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("telnet2_func.inc");
include("audit.inc");
global_var banner, sb;
global_var then;
function filter_banner()
{
local_var i, n, str;
str = _FCT_ANON_ARGS[0];
n = strlen(str);
for ( i = 0 ; i < n ; i ++ )
{
if ( str[i] == '\n' || str[i] == '\r' || str[i] == '\t' ) continue;
if ( ord(str[i]) < 0x20 || ord(str[i]) > 0x7e ) str[i] = '.';
}
return str;
}
function local_telnet_callback()
{
local_var str;
local_var sbanner;
str = _FCT_ANON_ARGS[0];
if ( str != NULL ) banner += str;
else if ( unixtime() > then + get_read_timeout() ||
"ogin:" >< banner ||
"word:" >< banner ||
"sername:" >< banner ||
strlen(banner) > 512 )
{
if ( banner ) {
sbanner = str_replace(find:raw_string(0), replace:'', string:banner);
if ( strlen(sbanner) ) replace_kb_item(name: sb, value:sbanner);
}
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
function get_telnet_banner(port)
{
sb = string("Services/telnet/banner/", port);
banner = get_kb_item(sb);
if (!empty_or_null(banner)) return(banner);
if ( ! telnet2_init(port: port, timeout: 3 * get_read_timeout()) ) return NULL;
then = unixtime();
banner = NULL;
telnet_loop(telnet_callback_fn:@local_telnet_callback);
return banner;
}
function test(port)
{
local_var banner, trp, b, report;
if (! get_port_state(port)) return 0;
if (service_is_unknown(port: port))
{
b = get_unknown_banner2(port: port);
if (isnull(b)) return 0;
if (b[1] != 'spontaneous') return 0;
banner = b[0];
if ( strlen(banner) <= 2 || ord(banner[0]) != 255 ||
ord(banner[1]) < 251 || ord(banner[1]) > 254 )
return 0;
register_service(port: port, proto: "telnet");
}
else
if (! verify_service(port: port, proto: "telnet"))
return 0;
banner = get_telnet_banner(port: port);
if(strlen(banner) && "CCProxy Telnet Service" >!< banner)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report = string(
"Here is the banner from the remote Telnet server :\n",
"\n",
crap(data:"-", length:30), " snip ", crap(data:"-", length:30), "\n",
filter_banner(banner), "\n",
crap(data:"-", length:30), " snip ", crap(data:"-", length:30), "\n"
);
security_note(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_note(port);
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
l = add_port_in_list(port: 23, list: get_kb_list("Services/telnet"));
foreach port (l)
test(port: port);
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