CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.8%
ProFTPD is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because the
application fails to properly validate the domain name in a signed CA
certificate, allowing attackers to substitute malicious SSL
certificates for trusted ones.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:proftpd:proftpd";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100316");
script_version("2024-03-04T05:10:24+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-04 05:10:24 +0000 (Mon, 04 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-26 10:02:32 +0100 (Mon, 26 Oct 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3639");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_name("ProFTPD mod_tls Module NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("FTP");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("secpod_proftpd_server_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ProFTPD/Installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36804");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3275");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ProFTPD is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because the
application fails to properly validate the domain name in a signed CA
certificate, allowing attackers to substitute malicious SSL
certificates for trusted ones.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Versions prior to ProFTPD 1.3.2b and 1.3.3 to 1.3.3.rc1 are vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the references for details.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploits allows attackers to perform man-in-the-
middle attacks or impersonate trusted servers, which will aid in further attacks.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.3.2.b" ) ||
version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"1.3.3", test_version2:"1.3.3.rc1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.3.2b/1.3.3rc2" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );