ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

BID:11430

Info

ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11430
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 15 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 15 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to LSS Security.
Vulnerable: ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.9 rc3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.9 rc2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.9 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.9
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.0
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.3
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
+ Slackware Linux -current
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.8 rc2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.8 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.8
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
+ Slackware Linux -current
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7
+ Sun Cobalt Qube 3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.6
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.5 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.5
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.4
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.2 rc3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.2 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre9
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre8
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre7
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre6
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre5
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre4
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre11
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre10
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 pre1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 .0rc3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 .0rc2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2 .0rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2
+ Cobalt Qube 3.0
+ Cobalt Qube 2.0
+ Cobalt RaQ 3.0
+ Cobalt RaQ 2.0
+ Cobalt RaQ 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

A timing attack is described in ProFTPD that could assist a remote user in enumerating usernames.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to determine what usernames are valid, privileged, or do not exist on the remote system.

Exploit / POC

ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

ProFTPD Authentication Delay Username Enumeration Vulnerability

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