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1333RackTablesdefaultpublic2014-09-08 17:39
Reporterflaminidavid Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformLinux 3.8.0-35-generic on x86_6OSUbuntu LinuxOS Version13.04
Product Version0.20.8 
Summary1333: sshnokey gateway: SSH welcome message goes to STDERR
DescriptionWhen trying to log in using sshnokey to a device that presents a banner it fails cause the SSH welcome message goes to STDERR, therefore 'errors' is not empty and the banner gets printed instead.

Had to add 'master_stderr_discard => 1' to the constructor call:

my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new(
        $op_host,
        'port' => $op_port,
        'user' => $op_username,
        'password' => $op_password,
        master_stderr_discard => 1
);

Attached patched sshnokey file.
Steps To ReproduceConfigure a device with a login banner.
Configure the breed to use sshnokey.
Try to get the Live Ports table from the device, for example.
SSH welcome message gets printed instead of the Live Ports table.
Additional InformationBanner example.

login as: user



UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THIS SYSTEM IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED!


All activities on this system are logged. Unauthorized access will be fully
investigated and reported to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.



user@x.x.x.x's password:
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flaminidavid

flaminidavid

2014-09-04 01:57

reporter  

sshnokey (4,061 bytes)   
#!/usr/bin/perl
# This file is a part of RackTables, a datacenter and server room management
# framework. See accompanying file "COPYING" for the full copyright and
# licensing information.
#
# NOTE: Logging in via ssh using a password, whilst better then doing
# the same via telnet/netcat, is still a bad idea when your network is
# not properly secured. If you try to login to a compromised system
# using a password, this password is now in the hands of the attackers.
#
# If possible, use the public key authenticated version instead. In case
# that is not an option, consider different passwords for every system.
# 
# To summerise, treat this as a slighhtly-better telnet client and make
# sure the network this runs in is secure.

use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
use Net::Telnet;
use Net::OpenSSH;

# fetch command-line parameters
my $op_help;
my $op_port;
my $op_username;
my $op_password;
my $op_connect_timeout = 2;
my $op_timeout = 10;
my $op_prompt;
my $op_delay = 0.01;
GetOptions (
    'h' => \$op_help,
    'port:i' => \$op_port,
    'connect-timeout:i' => \$op_connect_timeout,
    'timeout:i' => \$op_timeout,
    'prompt-delay:f' => \$op_delay,
    'prompt:s' => \$op_prompt,
    'username:s' => \$op_username,
    'password:s' => \$op_password
);
if ($op_help) {
    &display_help;
    exit;
}
my $op_host = $ARGV[0];
defined $op_host or die "ERROR: please specify remote host (-h for help)";
defined $op_prompt or die "ERROR: please specify prompt regexp (-h for help)";
my $prompt_re = qr/$op_prompt/;

sub display_help {
    print <<END;
OpenSSH-Hardened telnet batch client for RackTables.
Takes commands list in standard input and gives the responses via standard output.
Login credentials are not specially handled and should be placed as first lines of input
Usage:
$0 {hostname} [--port={port}] [--connect-timeout={seconds}] --prompt={regexp} [--timeout={seconds}] --username={username} --password={password} --prompt-delay={prompt_delay}

port: TCP port number to connect to
connect-timeout: timeout for giving up connecting process, seconds
prompt: command prompt regexp for interactive telnet (auth prompts too)
timeout: wait time for activity of remote telnet peer in seconds
NOTE: this help may be incorrect - functionality within RackTables was tested.

END
}

my $port = $op_port || 22;

my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new(
	$op_host,
	'port' => $op_port,
	'user' => $op_username,
	'password' => $op_password,
	master_stderr_discard => 1
);
$ssh->error and
  die "Couldn't establish SSH connection: ". $ssh->error;

my ($pty, $pid) = $ssh->open2pty({stderr_to_stdout => 1})
  or die "unable to start remote shell: " . $ssh->error;

my $session = Net::Telnet->new (
    Fhopen => $pty,
#    Host => $op_host,
#    Port => $port,
#    Timeout => $op_connect_timeout,
    Prompt => "/$op_prompt/",
    Telnetmode => 0,
    Cmd_remove_mode => 1,
    Output_record_separator => "\r"
);

#$session->cmd("term len 0");


use IO::Select;
my $sel = new IO::Select($session);

my $buff = '';
my $nohang_read;
until ($session->eof) {
	# read output from the device
    eval {
		$buff .= $session->get (Timeout => $nohang_read ? 0 : $op_timeout, Errmode => $nohang_read ? 'return' : 'die');
	};
	if ($@) {
		# check if there is something else in <STDIN>
		if (defined <STDIN>) {
			die $@;
		}
		else {
			last; # no more input, seems like session was closed remotely by our last command
		}
	}
    $nohang_read = 0;
	print $1 if ($buff =~ s/(.*\n)//s);

    next unless ($buff =~ $prompt_re);
    # send pending commands to the device
    if ($op_delay and IO::Select->select ($sel, undef, undef, $op_delay)) {
        # something is received, no prompt detection at this time
        # set NOHANG options for next reading, cause it can be telnet control sequence
        $nohang_read = 1;
    }
    elsif (defined ($_ = <STDIN>)) {
        # replace all CR and LF symbols with single trailing LF
        s/[\015\012]//g;
        $session->put($_ . "\012");
    }
    else {
        # no more commands in input
        last;
    }
}
print $buff;
sshnokey (4,061 bytes)   
flaminidavid

flaminidavid

2014-09-08 17:39

reporter   ~0002485

Hi, it would also be nice if the known hosts file got updated when connecting for the first time without having to add the key manually, otherwise the connection fails unless the knob StrictHostKeyChecking in /etc/ssh/ssh_config is set to 'no', which is less secure.

Here's the location for my known_hosts file (Ubuntu13.04/Apache 2.2.22)
~$ sudo ls -la /var/www/.ssh/known_hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 222 sep 8 12:17 /var/www/.ssh/known_hosts

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-09-04 01:57 flaminidavid New Issue
2014-09-04 01:57 flaminidavid File Added: sshnokey
2014-09-08 17:39 flaminidavid Note Added: 0002485