FreeBSD 9.3: Looks like a bug in pf NAT while translating ICMP packets of type 3
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technical at at-hacker.in
Tue Jul 7 12:11:47 UTC 2015
Hi.
I have an issue with pf in FreeBSD 9.3. Looks there is something wrong
with pf's NAT while processing ICMP packets of type 3 (destination
unreachable). Here is what I see on LAN interface:
16:46:10.334993 IP (tos 0xc0, ttl 64, id 63254, offset 0, flags [none],
proto ICMP (1), length 289)
10.12.0.198 > 84.47.xx.yy: ICMP 10.12.0.198 udp port 8293 unreachable,
length 269
IP (tos 0x0, ttl 60, id 34284, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17),
length 261)
84.47.xx.yy.53 > 10.12.0.198.8293: 37288 2/4/4 www.jdm022.com. CNAME
sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net., sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. A
98.138.19.143 (233)
I.e. some server (84.47.xx.yy) send an UDP packet to client
(10.12.0.198, port 8293). This port is closed on client and client send
ICMP packet "Port unreachable" to server 84.47.xx.yy. This ICMP packet
contains the header of that UDP packet that was sent to closed client's
port:
84.47.xx.yy.53 > 10.12.0.198.8293: 37288 2/4/4 www.jdm022.com. CNAME
sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net., sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. A
98.138.19.143 (233)
And this is what I see on external WAN interface:
16:46:10.335012 IP (tos 0xc0, ttl 63, id 63254, offset 0, flags [none],
proto ICMP (1), length 289)
10.12.0.198 > 84.47.xx.yy: ICMP 213.208.kkk.zz udp port 61534
unreachable, length 269
IP (tos 0x0, ttl 60, id 34284, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17),
length 261)
84.47.xx.yy.53 > 213.208.kkk.zz.61534: 37288 2/4/4 www.jdm022.com. CNAME
sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net., sbsfe-p8.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. A
98.138.19.143 (233)
As you can see, pf translated UDP header that was included into ICMP
packet: "ICMP 213.208.kkk.zz udp port 61534 unreachable". IP
213.208.kkk.zz is IP of my external WAN interface where NAT works. But
it did not change ICMP packet itself. So I have outgoing ICMP "port
unreachable" packet with source address 10.12.0.198 ON EXTERNAL interface.
Also I found that pf can't block this kind of packets. Rule like:
block out quick on $wan_if proto icmp from 10.12/16 to any icmp-type 3
code 3
does not work at all. So I have to use IPFW to block those ICMP packets.
Here is my NAT rule:
nat on $wan_if from <clients> to any -> 213.208.kkk.zz
Table <clients> defines like this:
table <clients> { 10.12/16, 10.13/16 }
Also I found a mention about this issue in OpenBSD pf:
http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/system-6564-pf-not-nating-does-not-see-icmp4-port-unreachable-packets-from-machine-behind-pf-td187997.html
They said that this bug is fixed in 2011. But in FreeBSD 9.3 it is not
fixed so far?
My system: FreeBSD vpn2-lesnoy.isp.local 9.3-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD
9.3-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Sep 15 16:44:27 UTC 2014
root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
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