Network Infrastructure Insecurity

1. Network Infrastructure Insecurity The authentication, management and routing protocols that run your network

2. Topics • Overview • Basic protocol flaws • Network allocation flaws • Routing protocol flaws • Authentication flaws • Network Management and other fun flaws • Application of attacks

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4. DMZ Switch Router Hub Printer Radius Server Host Host Host Host Host The Network

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7. Overview • Network Infrastructure • The building blocks of a network • basic network protocols • network management • authentication • routing • other random things • switches, hubs • printers • routers

8. Overview • Does this stuff matter? • Absolutely - the network depends on these • Basic protocols - obvious • network management & allocation • simplify network design and machine deployment • Authentication • access control • Routing • Getting from A to B • Other stuff • The network RUNS on these

9. Overview • Impacts • Attacking protocols can allow for hijacking, spoofing and impersonation • control network devices • elevate access • change network flow • hide connections • sniffing • …and more

10. Basic Protocols • Security at the IP layer discussed over and over • Security at the link layer ignored

11. ARP • Address Resolution Protocol • Used for mapping network IP addresses to physical (in the case of ethernet, MAC) interface addresses. • Broadcast at the link layer.

12. ARP Security Flaws • Lack of Authentication • Limited Table Entries • ARP caches can be overpopulated and flushed

13. ARP Authentication Flaws • Lack of Authentication • Arp replies are typically accepted and cached without concern for origin when received. • No method to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate messages

14. ARP Lack of Authentication • Invalid ARP replies • When an ARP who-is is broadcast on the wire, anyone can reply and be mapped to the associated network address. • Gratuitous ARP replies • ARP replies without requests can be sent out and cached, diverting traffic from the compromised network address to the attacker.

15. ARP Attacks • Replace entries in arp caches for existing addresses • Denial of Service • Reply to requests with compromised host adress as router or nameserver. • Non-blind traffic hijacking • Exploitation of host-based trusts.

16. ARP Attacks • ARP Cache Overpopulation • Sending too many gratuitous ARP replies flushing the target ARP cache in some implementations. • Reach cache maximum, can cause devices like switches to re-enter “learning mode”

17. DHCP • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol • Popular amongst pc users for ease of installation and configuration • UDP transport • To broadcast, from 0.0.0.0

18. DHCP Security Problems • Unauthenticated • Anyone can request an address • Undirected • Anyone can respond • Limited ACL capabilities • Limit addresses per mac

19. DHCP Attacks • Get all addresses • Denial Of Service • Reply to requests with compromised host set as router or nameserver • Deregister hosts • hijack ip’s, connections

20. DHCP Fixes • Authentication • ISC is adding authentication in their 3.1 implementation • Others have implemented proprietary authentication mechanisms • Don’t allow dynamic assignment of DNS servers or routers • Statically define these

21. Gateway Protocols • IGP • RIPv1 • RIPv2 • OSPF

22. RIP • Routing Information Protocol • Widely used distance-vector IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol) within autonomous systems. • Exists in two forms, Version 1 and the backwards compatible Version 2. • RIPv1 is extremely vulnerable to serious attack.

23. RIP Security Flaws • Transport Method • Authentication

24. RIP Transport Method Flaws • Based on UDP, utilizing port 520 for sending and receiving messages. • UDP is unreliable, no sequencing of packets. Easy to send arbitrary data to target . • Since sequencing is not a concern, forging source address can be very effective. • May be able to receive data from anywhere on the internet.

25. RIP Authentication Flaws • Lack of any authentication in RIPv1 • Cleartext Authentication recommended in RFC 2453 RIPv2 Specifications • MD5 Key/KeyID Digest Based Authentication described in RFC 2082.

26. RIP Attacks • Forging RIP messages • Spoofing source address and sending invalid routes, altering traffic flow. • Traffic Hijacking • Traffic Monitoring • Redirecting traffic from trusted to untrusted. • Obtaining Cleartext RIPv2 "password" when sent across network. • Using retrieved password to send authenticated updates to RIPv2 routers, altering traffic flow with consequences listed above.

27. RIP Solutions • Disabling RIPv1 and using RIPv2 with MD5 authentication. • Enabling MD5 based authentication for RIPv2 • Disabling RIP completely and using OSPF with MD5 authentication as interior gateway protocol. OSPF is the suggested IGP.

28. OSPF • OSPF - Open Shortest Path First • Link-State Interior Gateway Protocol. In wide use within autonomous systems. • OSPF is the recommended IGP, intended as a replacement for RIP.

29. OSPF Security Flaws • Authentication

30. OSPF Authentication Flaws • Default Lack of Authentication • By default in some implementations, OSPF authentication may be off. • Cleartext "simple password" Authentication • Commonly a default setting, clear-text password included in OSPF message used to authenticate peers. • Type of authentication determined by "CODE" field in the OSPF message header.

31. OSPF Attacks • Forging OSPF messages • Can be somewhat difficult but theoretically possible if no authentication required or cleartext password obtained.

32. OSPF Solution • Enable MD5 Authentication in OSPF implementation.

33. Authentication Flaw Overview • Authentication is a means for verification and granting of access • Problems range from denial of service to active and passive attacks leading to total compromise • gain access • elevate access

34. Authentication Mechanisms • Radius • TACACS, XTACACS, TACACS+ • NIS/NIS+ • LDAP

35. RADIUS • Remote Authentication Dial In User Service • RFC 2138 & 2139 • Used to authenticate users • Off-machine/device authentication • Central authentication server called a NAS • Popular implementations from Livingston and Merit

36. Radius Security Model • UDP Based transport • Each packet contains an authenticator • Access-Requests • md5(secret + authenticator) ^ user password • Access-Reject & Access-Accept • md5(Code + ID + Length + Request-Auth + Attributes + Secret)

37. Radius Flaws • Gaining the shared secret • Send Access-Request with all known values • Authenticator = 0 • User Name/Password = known • Code = Access-Request (1) • ID = 0, length = known • Reply will come back with the following • md5(1 + 0 + length + 0 + user name attr + user pass attr + Secret) • Dictionary attack for Secret • radbrute.tar.gz

38. Radius Flaws... • Passive attack • Knowledge of a user password will allow attack if sniffing is possible • Request-Access uses user password + authenticator + shared secret • md5(authenticator + shared secret) ^ user pass • obtain md5 by ^ userpass • brute force dictionary attack with known authenticator

39. Radius Flaws... • Replay • Radius servers must not reuse authenticator • if authenticator isn’t cryptographically random, repeat authentications until an authenticator is reused, and replay server Request-Accept • Failure limits and logging limit the effectivity • Predictable authenticator • If authenticator can be predicted, replay attacks become easier and more effective

40. TACACS, XTACACS and TACACS+ • Terminal Access Controller Access Control System?? • Old protocol developed by BBN for Milnet • Similar in concept to RADIUS • Central authentication server moves authentication off device or host • RFC 1492, Internet Draft “The TACACS+ Protocol”

41. TACACS, etc Flaws • TACACS & XTACACS • UDP Transport • spoof RESPONSE messages from server trivially • Cleartext authentication normal • User names and password sent exposed • MD5 in newer implementations • Good way to crack passwords online • Easy, fast way to grind for accounts with bad passwords

42. TACACS+ • TCP Transport • Doesn’t suffer from easy spoofing; may be hijackable • Authentication and Encryption • May be possible to conduct attacks similar to RADIUS • Defaults and failure modes may pose problems • tacacs-server last-resort succeed

43. TACACS+ ... • Authentication • No integrity checking • Vulnerable to replay • Encryption • Heavy dependence on session id’s • may be easy to force collision • too small • Lack of padding in critical places

44. NIS and NIS+ • Network Information Service • Originally from Sun • Popular scheme for distributing password, name service, etc • RPC based transport

45. NIS and NIS+ Flaws • NIS transports in plaintext • NIS is only protected by a domainname • easily guessed • Many vulnerabilities in implementations • quick search for NIS and NIS+ vulnerabilities resulted in over a dozen individual problems • NIS+ is sufficiently complex to install that no one uses it

46. NIS and NIS+ Solutions • Run NIS+ if at all possible • Investigate alternatives like LDAP

47. LDAP • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol • Operates on distinguished name (DN) and attribute pairs or collections

48. LDAP Flaws • New and relatively untested • Unfamiliar • Default ACL’s are typically poor • Authentication mechanisms still not fully implemented • CA based authentication still only part there • DoS attacks • Flood with requests

49. Network Management and Other Fun Flaws • SNMP • printers

50. SNMP • Simple Network Management Protocol • The most popular network management protocol • Hosts, firewalls, routers, switches…UPS, power strips, ATM cards -- ubiquitous • “One of the single biggest security nightmares on networks today”