RE: Checkpoint FW-1 on Nokia - potential user enumeration bug?

From: Rob Lindenbusch (lfcrob@nicusa.com)
Date: 01/09/03

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    From: "Rob Lindenbusch" <lfcrob@nicusa.com>
    To: "'Chris McNab'" <chris.mcnab@trustmatta.com>, <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
    Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:11:28 -0500
    
    

    I have recently seen a "similar" behavior with SecureRemote under FW-1 4.1

    Users attempting to authenticate to the VPN get an "unknown user" error if
    the account does not exist and an "authentication failure" message if the
    user does exist but the password is incorrect. This was tested on a Nokia,
    but I would assume it is a FW-1 issue not confined to those boxes.

    Rob

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Chris McNab [mailto:chris.mcnab@trustmatta.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:55 PM
    To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Checkpoint FW-1 on Nokia - potential user enumeration bug?

    Hey,

    I was performing a pentest recently for a client, and found what seems to be
    a user enumeration bug within Nokia IPSO (unknown as to which version and
    patchlevel) running Checkpoint FW-1:

    pipex-gw>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
    Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ... Open
       IPSO (checkpointcharlie) (ttyp0)
    login: root
    Password:
    Login incorrect
    login: blah
    Password:
    Login incorrect
    login: fw1adm
    Password:
    Password:
    Login incorrect
    login: fw1adm
    Password:
    Password:
    Login incorrect
    Login timed out after 300 seconds
    [Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed by foreign host]
    pipex-gw>

    Obviously the fw1adm user exists, being the standard account under FW-1..
    but I was wondering if anyone had seen this before, or even if this issue
    had been addressed by Nokia?

    Thanks,

    Chris

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