Re: DoS in debian (potato) proftpd

From: martin f krafft (madduckat_private)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 15:37:59 PST

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    also sprach Joe Dollard <joedat_private> [2002.03.25.2114 +0100]:
    > 	The version of proftp that is in debian potato (1.2.0pre10 as
    > 	reported by running 'proftpd -v ') is vulnerable to a glob DoS
    > 	attack, as discovered on the 15th March 2001. You can verify this
    > 	bug by logging in to a server running debian stable's proftpd and
    > 	type "ls
    > 	*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*".
    > 	This results with 100% of the CPU and memory resources being
    > 	consumed (more info at http://proftpd.linux.co.uk/critbugs.html),
    
    (please fix your line wraps!)
    
    security.debian.org has proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1 which does not
    contain this bug, at least not on i386 systems:
    
    fishbowl:~> ncftp lapse.home.madduck.net
    NcFTP 3.1.2 (Jan 28, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftpat_private).
    Connecting to 192.168.14.3
    ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (Debian) [lapse.home.madduck.net]
    Logging in...
    
    Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply.
    Logged in to localhost.
    ncftp / > ls */../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/.././fw1-4.1-sp3@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../../fw1-4.1-sp3@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../fw1-4.1-sp3@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/.././fw1-4.1-sp4@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../../fw1-4.1-sp4@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../fw1-4.1-sp4@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/.././fw1-4.1-sp5@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../../fw1-4.1-sp5@
    lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../lics/../fw1-4.1-sp5@
    
    <and on for another screen full>
    
    fishbowl:~> ssh lapse 'cat /etc/debian_version; uname -a'
    2.2r5
    Linux lapse 2.2.20 #1 Tue Feb 12 14:22:30 CET 2002 i486
    
    regards,
    
    -- 
    martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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