Multiple vulnerabilities in ProFTPD

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU45231

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1137

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Integer overflow in the mod_sftp (aka SFTP) module in ProFTPD 1.3.3d and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption leading to OOM kill) via a malformed SSH message.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ProFTPD: 1.2.0 - 1.3.3

External links

http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3586
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3587
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058344.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058356.html
http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/proftp/proftpd/contrib/mod_sftp/mod_sftp.c?r1=1.29.2.1&r2=1.29.2.2
http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/proftp/proftpd/contrib/mod_sftp/packet.c?r1=1.14.2.2&r2=1.14.2.3
http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/proftp/proftpd/contrib/mod_sftp/packet.h?r1=1.3&r2=1.3.2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/43234
http://secunia.com/advisories/43635
http://secunia.com/advisories/43978
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.485806
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2185
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16129/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46183
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0617
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0857
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681718

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU45393

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4652

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the sql_prepare_where function (contrib/mod_sql.c) in ProFTPD before 1.3.3d, when mod_sql is enabled,. A remote attacker can use a crafted username containing substitution tags to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ProFTPD: 1.2.0 - 1.3.3

External links

http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3536
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053537.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053540.html
http://phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=7#article
http://proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.3d
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2191
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:023
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44933
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0248
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0331
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670170

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.