Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2732 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Ntop 3.3.10

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
ntop
CWE-119
exploit available

Summary

The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ntop
2

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionntop 3.3.10 HTTP Basic Authentication NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2009-2732 . Dos exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:33176
last seen2016-02-03
modified2009-08-18
published2009-08-18
reporterBrad Antoniewicz
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/33176/
titlentop 3.3.10 HTTP Basic Authentication NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/80469/ntop-dos.txt
idPACKETSTORM:80469
last seen2016-12-05
published2009-08-18
reporterBrad Antoniewicz
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/80469/ntop-3.3.10-Denial-Of-Service.html
titlentop 3.3.10 Denial Of Service

Seebug

  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionCVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2009-2732 ntop是一个用来监视和分析unix系统网络使用状况的工具。 ntop在解析Basic认证的HTTP头时存在空指针应用漏洞。在接收到认证报文后ntop会base64解码值,然后基于冒号进行拆分。如果解码的字符串中不存在冒号,就会对用户名使用默认的NULL值。由于在认证过程中使用strlen()计算用户名的长度,在处理到空的值时会触发分段错误。以下是有漏洞的代码段: static int checkHTTPpassword(char *theRequestedURL, int theRequestedURLLen _UNUSED_, char* thePw, int thePwLen) { char outBuffer[65], tmpOutBuffer[65], *user = NULL, users[LEN_GENERAL_WORK_BUFFER]; . . . if(outBuffer[i] == ':') { outBuffer[i] = '\0'; user = outBuffer; break; } . . . if(strlen(user) >= sizeof(theHttpUser)) user[sizeof(theHttpUser)-1] = '\0'; . . . ntop <= 3.3.10 厂商补丁: ntop.org -------- 目前厂商还没有提供补丁或者升级程序,我们建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本: http://www.ntop.org/
    idSSV:12080
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2009-08-21
    published2009-08-21
    reporterRoot
    titlentop认证头空指针引用拒绝服务漏洞
  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionNo description provided by source.
    idSSV:86420
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2014-07-01
    published2014-07-01
    reporterRoot
    sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-86420
    titlentop 3.3.10 HTTP Basic Authentication NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability