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Re: Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well)



gat3way@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Just found out a problem with proftpd's sql authentication. The problem is 
> easily reproducible if you login with username like:
> 
> USER %') and 1=2 union select 1,1,uid,gid,homedir,shell from users; -- 
> 
> and a password of "1" (without quotes).
> 
> which leads to a successful login. Different account logins can be made 
> successful using the limit clase (e.g appending "LIMIT 5,1" will make you 
> login with as the 5th account in the users table).
> 
> As far as I can see in the mysql logs the query becomes:
> 
> SELECT userid, passwd, uid, gid, homedir, shell FROM users WHERE 
> (userid='{UNKNOWN TAG}') and 1=2 union select 1,1,uid,gid,homedir,shell from 
> users limit 1,1; -- ') LIMIT 1
> 
> I think the problem lies in the handling of the "%" character (probably 
> that's some way to sanitize input to avoid format string things?).
> 
> Anyway, %' effectively makes the single quote unescaped and that eventually 
> allows for an SQL injection during login.

Tested also on Debian Etch ProFTPD 1.3.0

Does not work.

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