Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-7418 - Link Following vulnerability in Proftpd 1.3.2/1.3.4/1.3.6
Summary
ProFTPD before 1.3.5e and 1.3.6 before 1.3.6rc5 controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. The threat model includes an attacker who is not granted full filesystem access by a hosting provider, but can reconfigure the home directory of an FTP user.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 7 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Symlink Attack An attacker positions a symbolic link in such a manner that the targeted user or application accesses the link's endpoint, assuming that it is accessing a file with the link's name. The endpoint file may be either output or input. If the file is output, the result is that the endpoint is modified, instead of a file at the intended location. Modifications to the endpoint file may include appending, overwriting, corrupting, changing permissions, or other modifications. In some variants of this attack the attacker may be able to control the change to a file while in other cases they cannot. The former is especially damaging since the attacker may be able to grant themselves increased privileges or insert false information, but the latter can also be damaging as it can expose sensitive information or corrupt or destroy vital system or application files. Alternatively, the endpoint file may serve as input to the targeted application. This can be used to feed malformed input into the target or to cause the target to process different information, possibly allowing the attacker to control the actions of the target or to cause the target to expose information to the attacker. Moreover, the actions taken on the endpoint file are undertaken with the permissions of the targeted user or application, which may exceed the permissions that the attacker would normally have.
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Manipulating Input to File System Calls An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.
Nessus
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NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-1836.NASL description This update for proftpd fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-12815: Fixed arbitrary file copy in mod_copy that allowed for remote code execution and information disclosure without authentication (bnc#1142281). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 127741 published 2019-08-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127741 title openSUSE Security Update : proftpd (openSUSE-2019-1836) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2019-1836. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(127741); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/06"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7418", "CVE-2019-12815"); 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NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-E15E37B689.NASL description Current upstream maintenance release for the 1.3.5 series. Includes fix for CVE-2017-7418, where not all path elements were checked for symlinks when using a chroot, so attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-19 plugin id 99446 published 2017-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99446 title Fedora 24 : proftpd (2017-e15e37b689) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-e15e37b689. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(99446); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7418"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-e15e37b689"); script_name(english:"Fedora 24 : proftpd (2017-e15e37b689)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Current upstream maintenance release for the 1.3.5 series. Includes fix for CVE-2017-7418, where not all path elements were checked for symlinks when using a chroot, so attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-e15e37b689" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected proftpd package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/04/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^24([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 24", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC24", reference:"proftpd-1.3.5e-1.fc24")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_NOTE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "proftpd"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2020-31.NASL description This update for proftpd fixes the following issues : - GeoIP has been discontinued by Maxmind (boo#1156210) This update removes module build for geoip see https://support.maxmind.com/geolite-legacy-discontinuati on-notice/ - CVE-2019-19269: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference may occur when validating the certificate of a client connecting to the server (boo#1157803) - CVE-2019-19270: Fixed a Failure to check for the appropriate field of a CRL entry prevents some valid CRLs from being taken into account (boo#1157798) - CVE-2019-18217: Fixed remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands (boo#1154600 gh#846) Update to 1.3.6b - Fixed pre-authentication remote denial-of-service issue (Issue #846). - Backported fix for building mod_sql_mysql using MySQL 8 (Issue #824). Update to 1.3.6a : - Fixed symlink navigation (Bug#4332). - Fixed building of mod_sftp using OpenSSL 1.1.x releases (Issue#674). - Fixed SITE COPY honoring of <Limit> restrictions (Bug#4372). - Fixed segfault on login when using mod_sftp + mod_sftp_pam (Issue#656). - Fixed restarts when using mod_facl as a static module - Add missing Requires(pre): group(ftp) for Leap 15 and Tumbleweed (boo#1155834) - Add missing Requires(pre): user(ftp) for Leap 15 and Tumbleweed (boo#1155834) - Use pam_keyinit.so (boo#1144056) - Reduce hard dependency on systemd to only that which is necessary for building and installation. update to 1.3.6 : - Support for using Redis for caching, logging; see the doc/howto/Redis.html documentation. - Fixed mod_sql_postgres SSL support (Issue #415). - Support building against LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL (Issue #361). - Better support on AIX for login restraictions (Bug #4285). - TimeoutLogin (and other timeouts) were not working properly for SFTP connections (Bug#4299). - Handling of the SIGILL and SIGINT signals, by the daemon process, now causes the child processes to be terminated as well (Issue #461). - RPM .spec file naming changed to conform to Fedora guidelines. - Fix for last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132911 published 2020-01-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132911 title openSUSE Security Update : proftpd (openSUSE-2020-31) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_770D7E9172AF11E7998A08606E47F965.NASL description NVD reports : ProFTPD ... controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102030 published 2017-07-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102030 title FreeBSD : proftpd -- user chroot escape vulnerability (770d7e91-72af-11e7-998a-08606e47f965) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-5A01498B4B.NASL description Current upstream maintenance release for the 1.3.5 series. Includes fix for CVE-2017-7418, where not all path elements were checked for symlinks when using a chroot, so attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-17 plugin id 101637 published 2017-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101637 title Fedora 26 : proftpd (2017-5a01498b4b) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-481.NASL description This update for proftpd to version 1.3.5d fixes the following issues : This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-7418: ProFTPD checked only the last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link (bsc#1032443). These non-security issues were fixed : - Reduce TLS protocols to TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 - Disable TLSCACertificateFile - Add TLSCertificateChainFile - All FTP logins are treated as anonymous logins again - SSH rekey during authentication could have caused issues with clients. - Recursive SCP uploads of multiple directories were not handled properly. - LIST returned different results for file, depending on path syntax. - last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-18 plugin id 99430 published 2017-04-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99430 title openSUSE Security Update : proftpd (openSUSE-2017-481) NASL family FTP NASL id PROFTPD_1_3_6_RC5.NASL description The remote host is using ProFTPD, a free FTP server for Unix and Linux. According to its banner, the version of ProFTPD installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.5e or 1.3.6x prior to 1.3.6rc5 and is affected by an issue where an attacker who is not granted full filesystem access may reconfigure the home directory of an FTP user. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 106756 published 2018-02-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106756 title ProFTPD < 1.3.5e / 1.3.6x < 1.3.6rc5 AllowChrootSymlinks bypass NASL family Slackware Local Security Checks NASL id SLACKWARE_SSA_2017-112-03.NASL description New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99598 published 2017-04-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99598 title Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : proftpd (SSA:2017-112-03)
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4295
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97409
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/ecff21e0d0e84f35c299ef91d7fda088e516d4ed
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/f59593e6ff730b832dbe8754916cb5c821db579f
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/444/commits/349addc3be4fcdad9bd4ec01ad1ccd916c898ed8