'Re: [oss-security] StrongSwan VPN client for Android leaks username to rouge server'

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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] StrongSwan VPN client for Android leaks username to rouge server
From:       Noel Kuntze <noel () familie-kuntze ! de>
Date:       2015-05-29 17:51:43
Message-ID: 5568A72F.2070005 () familie-kuntze ! de
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Hello Alexander,

That is a known issue (at least to me).

What would be even worse than eap-mschapv2 (a digest mechanism)
would be to propose eap-gtc, which transmits username and password in clear text.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind Regards,
Noel Kuntze

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Am 29.05.2015 um 19:48 schrieb Alexander E. Patrakov:
> Hello.
> 
> I found that, in the event of DNS spoofing, StrongSwan VPN client for Android can leak the \
> username and the MSCHAPv2 authentication value to a rogue server if it has any valid X.509 \
> certificate. Unless I misunderstand something about X.509 certificates and their use for \
> confirming IKEv2 identities, and unless this is already known, this might use a CVE ID. 
> The client that I am talking about is this Android application:
> 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.strongswan.android
> 
> In the example below, the client was supposed to connect to vpn.xorp.ru using username \
> "alice" and a password. The server identity is validated by a CA-issued certificate that \
> ultimately chains to something in the default trust store. However, a hacker has spoofed the \
> DNS (well, in the example, that's actually a deliberate misconfiguration by me) so that \
> vpn.xorp.ru points to his server (185.48.56.74 in this example) instead. On that server, he \
> (legitimately) has a valid certificate for vpn.armority.ru. 
> The settings on the client are:
> 
> Profile Name: VPN
> Gateway: vpn.xorp.ru
> Type: IKEv2 EAP (Login/Password)
> Login: alice
> Password: <hidden>
> CA Certificate: Choose automatically
> 
> And here is the log.
> 
> > May 27 21:39:23 00[DMN] Starting IKE charon daemon (strongSwan 5.2.1dr1, Linux \
> > 3.4.5-CM-gb461bba, armv7l) May 27 21:39:23 00[KNL] kernel-netlink plugin might require \
> > CAP_NET_ADMIN capability May 27 21:39:23 00[LIB] loaded plugins: androidbridge charon \
> > android-log openssl fips-prf random nonce pubkey pkcs1 pkcs8 pem xcbc hmac socket-default \
> > kernel-netlink eap-identity eap-mschapv2 eap-md5 eap-gtc eap-tls May 27 21:39:23 00[LIB] \
> > unable to load 9 plugin features (9 due to unmet dependencies) May 27 21:39:23 00[JOB] \
> > spawning 16 worker threads May 27 21:39:23 07[IKE] initiating IKE_SA android[3] to \
> > 185.48.56.74 May 27 21:39:23 07[ENC] generating IKE_SA_INIT request 0 [ SA KE No \
> > N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) N(FRAG_SUP) ] May 27 21:39:23 07[NET] sending packet: from \
> > 192.168.1.237[42224] to 185.48.56.74[500] (996 bytes) May 27 21:39:23 11[NET] received \
> > packet: from 185.48.56.74[500] to 192.168.1.237[42224] (553 bytes) May 27 21:39:23 11[ENC] \
> > parsed IKE_SA_INIT response 0 [ SA KE No N(NATD_S_IP) N(NATD_D_IP) CERTREQ N(FRAG_SUP) \
> > N(MULT_AUTH) ] May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] local host is behind NAT, sending keep alives
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] remote host is behind NAT
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] received cert request for "C=SE, O=AddTrust AB, OU=AddTrust \
> > External TTP Network, CN=AddTrust External CA Root" May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] received cert \
> > request for "C=GB, ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO ECC \
> > Certification Authority" May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] received 3 cert requests for an unknown ca
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] sending cert request for "C=US, ST=UT, L=Salt Lake City, O=The \
> > USERTRUST Network, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, CN=UTN-USERFirst-Hardware" May 27 21:39:24 \
> > 11[IKE] sending cert request for "C=US, O=GeoTrust Inc., CN=GeoTrust Global CA"
> <many more "sending cert request" messages go here>
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] sending cert request for "C=EE, O=AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus, CN=EE \
> > Certification Centre Root CA, E=pki@sk.ee" May 27 21:39:24 11[IKE] establishing CHILD_SA \
> > android May 27 21:39:24 11[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 1 [ IDi N(INIT_CONTACT) CERTREQ \
> > CPRQ(ADDR ADDR6 DNS DNS6) N(ESP_TFC_PAD_N) SA TSi TSr N(MOBIKE_SUP) N(ADD_6_ADDR) \
> > N(ADD_6_ADDR) N(ADD_6_ADDR) N(ADD_6_ADDR) N(ADD_6_ADDR) N(ADD_6_ADDR) N(MULT_AUTH) \
> > N(EAP_ONLY) ] May 27 21:39:24 11[ENC] splitting IKE message with length of 3660 bytes into \
> > 3 fragments May 27 21:39:24 11[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 11[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] \
> > (1360 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 11[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to \
> > 185.48.56.74[4500] (1360 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 11[NET] sending packet: from \
> > 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] (1072 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 12[NET] received \
> > packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to 192.168.1.237[54739] (544 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 12[ENC] \
> > parsed IKE_AUTH response 1 [ EF ] May 27 21:39:24 12[ENC] received fragment #1 of 5, \
> > waiting for complete IKE message May 27 21:39:24 13[NET] received packet: from \
> > 185.48.56.74[4500] to 192.168.1.237[54739] (544 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 13[ENC] parsed \
> > IKE_AUTH response 1 [ EF ] May 27 21:39:24 13[ENC] received fragment #2 of 5, waiting for \
> > complete IKE message May 27 21:39:24 14[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to \
> > 192.168.1.237[54739] (544 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 14[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 14[ENC] received fragment #3 of 5, waiting for complete IKE message
> > May 27 21:39:24 16[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to 192.168.1.237[54739] \
> > (544 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 16[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 16[ENC] received fragment #4 of 5, waiting for complete IKE message
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to 192.168.1.237[54739] \
> > (176 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 08[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 1 [ EF ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[ENC] received fragment #5 of 5, reassembling fragmented IKE message
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 1 [ IDr CERT CERT AUTH EAP/REQ/ID ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[IKE] received end entity cert "OU=Domain Control Validated, \
> > OU=PositiveSSL, CN=vpn.armority.ru" May 27 21:39:24 08[IKE] received issuer cert "C=GB, \
> > ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO ECC Domain Validation \
> > Secure Server CA" May 27 21:39:24 08[CFG]   using certificate "OU=Domain Control Validated, \
> > OU=PositiveSSL, CN=vpn.armority.ru" May 27 21:39:24 08[CFG]   using untrusted intermediate \
> > certificate "C=GB, ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO ECC \
> > Domain Validation Secure Server CA" May 27 21:39:24 08[CFG]   using trusted ca certificate \
> > "C=GB, ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO ECC Certification \
> > Authority" May 27 21:39:24 08[CFG]   reached self-signed root ca with a path length of 1
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[IKE] authentication of 'vpn.armority.ru' with ECDSA-256 signature \
> > successful
> 
> Wait... we are supposed to connect to vpn.xorp.ru!
> 
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[IKE] server requested EAP_IDENTITY (id 0x00), sending 'alice'
> 
> Oops... the server admin now knows a valid login at vpn.xorp.ru.
> 
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 2 [ EAP/RES/ID ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 08[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] (76 \
> > bytes) May 27 21:39:24 09[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to \
> > 192.168.1.237[54739] (108 bytes) May 27 21:39:24 09[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 2 [ \
> > EAP/REQ/MSCHAPV2 ] May 27 21:39:24 09[IKE] server requested EAP_MSCHAPV2 authentication (id \
> > 0xAD) May 27 21:39:24 09[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 3 [ EAP/RES/MSCHAPV2 ]
> > May 27 21:39:24 09[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] \
> > (140 bytes)
> 
> Now he has an authentication value and can mount an offline dictionary attack. I don't know \
> if he could offer something worse than EAP_MSCHAPv2 here for easier password cracking, or \
> maybe convince the client to reveal a plaintext password. 
> > May 27 21:39:25 10[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to 192.168.1.237[54739] \
> > (140 bytes) May 27 21:39:25 10[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 3 [ EAP/REQ/MSCHAPV2 ]
> > May 27 21:39:25 10[IKE] EAP-MS-CHAPv2 succeeded: 'Welcome2strongSwan'
> > May 27 21:39:25 10[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 4 [ EAP/RES/MSCHAPV2 ]
> > May 27 21:39:25 10[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] (76 \
> > bytes) May 27 21:39:25 07[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to \
> > 192.168.1.237[54739] (76 bytes) May 27 21:39:25 07[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 4 [ \
> > EAP/SUCC ] May 27 21:39:25 07[IKE] EAP method EAP_MSCHAPV2 succeeded, MSK established
> > May 27 21:39:25 07[IKE] authentication of 'alice' (myself) with EAP
> > May 27 21:39:25 07[ENC] generating IKE_AUTH request 5 [ AUTH ]
> > May 27 21:39:25 07[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] (92 \
> > bytes) May 27 21:39:25 11[NET] received packet: from 185.48.56.74[4500] to \
> > 192.168.1.237[54739] (236 bytes) May 27 21:39:25 11[ENC] parsed IKE_AUTH response 5 [ AUTH \
> > CPRP(ADDR DNS) SA TSi TSr N(AUTH_LFT) N(MOBIKE_SUP) N(NO_ADD_ADDR) ] May 27 21:39:25 \
> > 11[IKE] authentication of 'vpn.armority.ru' with EAP successful May 27 21:39:25 11[CFG] \
> > constraint check failed: identity 'vpn.xorp.ru' required
> 
> Dear StrongSwan VPN client, you were supposed to notice this hostname mismatch earlier.
> 
> > May 27 21:39:25 11[CFG] selected peer config 'android' inacceptable: constraint checking \
> > failed May 27 21:39:25 11[CFG] no alternative config found
> > May 27 21:39:25 11[ENC] generating INFORMATIONAL request 6 [ N(AUTH_FAILED) ]
> > May 27 21:39:25 11[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.1.237[54739] to 185.48.56.74[4500] (76 \
> > bytes)
> 

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