local coroutine = require "coroutine" local math = require "math" local nmap = require "nmap" local shortport = require "shortport" local stdnse = require "stdnse" local comm = require "comm" local vulns = require "vulns" local http = require "http" description = [[ Tests a web server for vulnerability to the Slowloris DoS attack without actually launching a DoS attack. Slowloris was described at Defcon 17 by RSnake (see http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/). This script opens two connections to the server, each without the final CRLF. After 10 seconds, second connection sends additional header. Both connections then wait for server timeout. If second connection gets a timeout 10 or more seconds after the first one, we can conclude that sending additional header prolonged its timeout and that the server is vulnerable to slowloris DoS attack. A "LIKELY VULNERABLE" result means a server is subject to timeout-extension attack, but depending on the http server's architecture and resource limits, a full denial-of-service is not always possible. Complete testing requires triggering the actual DoS condition and measuring server responsiveness. You can specify custom http User-agent field with http.useragent script argument. Idea from Qualys blogpost: * https://community.qualys.com/blogs/securitylabs/2011/07/07/identifying-slow-http-attack-vulnerabilities-on-web-applications ]] --- -- @usage -- nmap --script http-slowloris-check -- -- @output -- PORT STATE SERVICE REASON -- 80/tcp open http syn-ack -- | http-slowloris-check: -- | VULNERABLE: -- | Slowloris DOS attack -- | State: LIKELY VULNERABLE -- | IDs: CVE:CVE-2007-6750 -- | Slowloris tries to keep many connections to the target web server open and hold -- | them open as long as possible. It accomplishes this by opening connections to -- | the target web server and sending a partial request. By doing so, it starves -- | the http server's resources causing Denial Of Service. -- | -- | Disclosure date: 2009-09-17 -- | References: -- | http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/ -- |_ http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6750 author = "Aleksandar Nikolic" license = "Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html" categories = {"vuln", "safe"} portrule = shortport.http action = function(host,port) local slowloris = { title = "Slowloris DOS attack", description = [[ Slowloris tries to keep many connections to the target web server open and hold them open as long as possible. It accomplishes this by opening connections to the target web server and sending a partial request. By doing so, it starves the http server's resources causing Denial Of Service. ]], IDS = { CVE = 'CVE-2007-6750', }, references = { 'http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/', }, dates = { disclosure = {year = '2009', month = '09', day = '17'}, }, exploit_results = {}, } local report = vulns.Report:new(SCRIPT_NAME, host, port) slowloris.state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN local sd, response, Bestopt = comm.tryssl(host, port, "GET / \r\n\r\n") -- first determine if we need ssl if Bestopt == "none" then stdnse.debug1("Error determining SSL: %s", response) return nil end local HalfHTTP = ( "POST /" .. tostring(math.random(100000, 900000)) .. " HTTP/1.1\r\n" .. "Host: " .. host.ip .. "\r\n" .. "User-Agent: " .. http.USER_AGENT .. "\r\n" .. "Content-Length: 42\r\n" ) local TimeWithout -- time without additional headers -- does a half http request and waits until timeout local function slowThread1() local socket = nmap.new_socket() local try = nmap.new_try(function() TimeWithout = nmap.clock() socket:close() end) try(socket:connect(host, port, Bestopt)) try(socket:send(HalfHTTP)) socket:set_timeout(500 * 1000) try(socket:receive()) TimeWithout = nmap.clock() end local TimeWith -- time with additional headers -- does a half http request but sends another -- header value after 10 seconds local function slowThread2() local socket = nmap.new_socket() local try = nmap.new_try(function() TimeWith = nmap.clock() socket:close() end) try(socket:connect(host, port, Bestopt)) try(socket:send(HalfHTTP)) stdnse.sleep(10) try(socket:send("X-a: b\r\n")) socket:set_timeout(500 * 1000) try(socket:receive()) TimeWith = nmap.clock() end -- both threads run at the same time local thread1 = stdnse.new_thread(slowThread1) local thread2 = stdnse.new_thread(slowThread2) while true do -- wait for both threads to die if coroutine.status(thread1) == "dead" and coroutine.status(thread2) == "dead" then break end stdnse.sleep(1) end -- compare times if ( not(TimeWith) or not(TimeWithout) ) then stdnse.debug1("Unable to time responses: thread died early.") return nil end local diff = TimeWith - TimeWithout stdnse.debug1("Time difference is: %d",diff) -- if second connection died 10 or more seconds after the first -- it means that sending additional data prolonged the connection's time -- and the server is vulnerable to slowloris attack if diff >= 10 then slowloris.state = vulns.STATE.LIKELY_VULN end return report:make_output(slowloris) end