NTP Monlist Feature Enabled
🗓️ 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103868");
script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-5211");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-01-06 14:14:08 +0100 (Mon, 06 Jan 2014)");
script_name("NTP Monlist Feature Enabled");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("ntp_open.nasl");
script_require_udp_ports("Services/udp/ntp", 123);
script_mandatory_keys("ntp/remote/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/pool/2011-December/005616.html");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial
of service.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Send a NTP monlist request and check the response.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The monlist feature in ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before
4.2.7p26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via
forged (1) REQ_MON_GETLIST or (2) REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 requests, as exploited in the wild in December 2013.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to NTP.org's ntpd 4.2.7p26 or newer or set 'disable monitor' in ntp.conf.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"NTP.org's ntpd is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it
fails to properly handle certain incoming network packets.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"NTP.org's ntpd versions before 4.2.7p26. Other implementations might be affected as well.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
exit(0);
}
include("byte_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
port = service_get_port(default:123, ipproto:"udp", proto:"ntp");
soc = open_sock_udp(port);
if(!soc)
exit(0);
# http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/pool/2011-December/005616.html
# By default, recent 4.2.7 ntpd defaults to ignoring all mode 7 requests,
# unless "enable mode7" is added to ntp.conf. In 4.2.7p26, the monlist
# support code in ntpd was removed due to amplification risk
req = raw_string(0x17,0x00,0x03,0x2a,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,mkpad(40)); # ntpdc -n -c monlist <ip>
send(socket:soc, data:req);
buf = recv(socket:soc, length:1024);
close(soc);
if(!buf || strlen(buf) < 8)
exit(0);
implementation = ord(buf[2]);
request_code = ord(buf[3]);
rcount = getword(blob:buf, pos:4);
rsize = getword(blob:buf, pos:6);
if(rsize == 0 || (implementation != 2 && implementation != 3) || (request_code != 42 || rsize != 72))
exit(0);
step = 8;
for(i = 0; i < rcount; i++) {
hosts += ord(buf[step+16]) + "." + ord(buf[step+17]) + "." + ord(buf[step+18]) + "." + ord(buf[step+19]) + '\n';
step += rsize;
}
if(hosts)
report = 'The Scanner was able to retrieve the following list of recent to this ntpd connected hosts:\n\n' + hosts + '\n';
security_message(port:port, proto:"udp", data:report);
exit(0);
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14 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 25
EPSS0.97549