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- #
- # This script was written by Mathieu Perrin <mathieu@tpfh.org>
- #
- # See the Nessus Scripts License for details
- #
- #T
-
-
- if(description)
- {
- script_id(10043);
- script_version ("$Revision: 1.19 $");
- script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0103");
- name["english"] = "Chargen";
- name["francais"] = "Chargen";
- script_name(english:name["english"], francais:name["francais"]);
-
- desc["english"] = "
- The remote host is running a 'chargen' service.
-
- When contacted, chargen responds with some random characters (something
- like all the characters in the alphabet in a row). When contacted via UDP, it
- will respond with a single UDP packet. When contacted via TCP, it will
- continue spewing characters until the client closes the connection.
-
- The purpose of this service was to mostly to test the TCP/IP protocol
- by itself, to make sure that all the packets were arriving at their
- destination unaltered. It is unused these days, so it is suggested
- you disable it, as an attacker may use it to set up an attack against
- this host, or against a third party host using this host as a relay.
-
- An easy attack is 'ping-pong' in which an attacker spoofs a packet between
- two machines running chargen. This will cause them to spew characters at
- each other, slowing the machines down and saturating the network.
-
- Solution :
-
- - Under Unix systems, comment out the 'chargen' line in /etc/inetd.conf
- and restart the inetd process
-
- - Under Windows systems, set the following registry keys to 0 :
- HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SimpTCP\Parameters\EnableTcpChargen
- HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SimpTCP\Parameters\EnableUdpChargen
-
- Then launch cmd.exe and type :
-
- net stop simptcp
- net start simptcp
-
- To restart the service.
-
-
- Risk factor : Low";
-
-
- script_description(english:desc["english"]);
-
-
- summary["english"] = "Checks for the presence of chargen";
- script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
-
- script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
-
- script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Mathieu Perrin");
-
- family["english"] = "Useless services";
- family["francais"] = "Services inutiles";
- script_family(english:family["english"], francais:family["francais"]);
- script_dependencie("find_service.nes");
-
- exit(0);
- }
-
- #
- # The script code starts here
- #
-
- include("misc_func.inc");
- include("pingpong.inc");
-
-
-
- if(get_port_state(19))
- {
- p = known_service(port:19);
- if(!p || p == "chargen")
- {
- soc = open_sock_tcp(19);
- if(soc)
- {
- a = recv(socket:soc, length:255, min:255);
- if(strlen(a) > 255)security_warning(19);
- close(soc);
- }
- }
- }
-
-
- if(get_udp_port_state(19))
- {
- udpsoc = open_sock_udp(19);
- data = string("\r\n");
- send(socket:udpsoc, data:data);
- b = recv(socket:udpsoc, length:1024);
- if(strlen(b) > 255)security_warning(port:19,protocol:"udp");
-
- close(udpsoc);
- }
-
-