Vsftpd returns 0,0,0,0 in response to PASV

Question

I installed the FTP server on AWS EC2 (Ubuntu16.04) with passive mode ( PASV), but it does not work. However, he works with EPSV, I don’t know why. I searched around but can't find any answers, can any body help me with this?

1. vsftpd config

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=13000
pasv_max_port=13100
port_enable=YES
pasv_address=[public ip address of AWS EC2 instance]
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
seccomp_sandbox=NO

2. AWS EC2 Firewall

3. Test through FireFTP

In mode PASVI can not connect to the FTP server, log:

220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
USER sensor
331 Please specify the password.
PASS (password not shown)
230 Login successful.
CWD /
250 Directory successfully changed.
TYPE A
200 Switching to ASCII mode.
PASV
QUIT

However, when working with EPSV(with IPV6 checked), the log looks like this:

220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
USER sensor
331 Please specify the password.
PASS (password not shown)
230 Login successful.
PWD
257 "/" is the current directory
TYPE A
200 Switching to ASCII mode.
EPSV
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||13082|)
LIST
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.

4. Test through Python ftplib

from ftplib import FTP
contents = []
ftp = FTP(host=xxx, timeout=3000)
ftp.login(user=xxx, passwd=xxx)
ftp.set_debuglevel(2)
ftp.retrlines("NLST", contents.append)
ftp.quit()

Log as below:

*cmd* 'TYPE A'
*put* 'TYPE A\r\n'
*get* '200 Switching to ASCII mode.\n'
*resp* '200 Switching to ASCII mode.'
*cmd* 'PASV'
*put* 'PASV\r\n'
*get* '227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,50,245).\n'
*resp* '227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,50,245).'
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused

Answer 1

For me it seems like a bug in vsftpd.

, , 0,0,0,0, pasv_address , () IPv6.

, , IPv6- ( , , listen_ipv6=YES):

listen_ipv6=NO
listen=YES

- IPv6, EC2.

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. FTP ftplib, FTP

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. , , vsftpd (3.0.3):

handle_pasv postlogin.c:

int is_ipv6 = vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_is_ipv6(p_sess->p_local_addr);

...

if (tunable_pasv_address != 0)
{
  vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_alloc_ipv4(&s_p_sockaddr);
  /* Report passive address as specified in configuration */
  if (vsf_sysutil_inet_aton(tunable_pasv_address, s_p_sockaddr) == 0)
  {
    die("invalid pasv_address");
  }
}
else
{
  vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_clone(&s_p_sockaddr, p_sess->p_local_addr);
}
str_alloc_text(&s_pasv_res_str, "Entering Passive Mode (");
if (!is_ipv6)
{
  str_append_text(&s_pasv_res_str, vsf_sysutil_inet_ntop(s_p_sockaddr));
}
else
{
  const void* p_v4addr = vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_ipv6_v4(s_p_sockaddr);
  if (p_v4addr)
  {
    str_append_text(&s_pasv_res_str, vsf_sysutil_inet_ntoa(p_v4addr));
  }
  else
  {
    str_append_text(&s_pasv_res_str, "0,0,0,0");
  }
}

vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_ipv6_v4 0, s_p_sockaddr IPv6, , pasv_address.

sysutil.c:

const void*
vsf_sysutil_sockaddr_ipv6_v4(const struct vsf_sysutil_sockaddr* p_addr)
{
  static unsigned char pattern[12] =
      { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xFF, 0xFF };
  const unsigned char* p_addr_start;
  if (p_addr->u.u_sockaddr.sa_family != AF_INET6)
  {
    return 0;
  }
  if (vsf_sysutil_memcmp(pattern, &p_addr->u.u_sockaddr_in6.sin6_addr, 12))
  {
    return 0;
  }
  p_addr_start = (const unsigned char*)&p_addr->u.u_sockaddr_in6.sin6_addr;
  return &p_addr_start[12];
}

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