httptunnel is not working in general in Ubuntu (but in Debian)

[m4dm4x1337]

Hello,

httptunnel is not working in general in Ubuntu. I did the following from a Ubuntu (Gnome) 14.04 Live CD and from a Debian (Gnome) 7.8.0 Live CD:

apt-get update

apt-get install httptunnel openssh-client openssh-server

service ssh restart

hts -F localhost:22 443

htc -F 10022 localhost:443

ssh -p 10022 ubuntu-gnome@localhost

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It is working in Debian, but not in Ubuntu. ssh always return this error:

ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

It also happens if I try this patched ppa version:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/httptunnel/+bug/1414758/comments/3

It also happens if I compile the original source code. I did this for version 3.0.5 and 3.3 and enabled the debug mode:

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hts.log

20150412 184651 hts (httptunnel) 3.3 started with arguments:
20150412 184651 me = hts
20150412 184651 device = (null)
20150412 184651 port = 443
20150412 184651 forward_port = 22
20150412 184651 forward_host = localhost
20150412 184651 content_length = 102400
20150412 184651 strict_content_length = 0
20150412 184651 use_std = 0
20150412 184651 debug_level = 9
20150412 184651 pid_filename = (null)
20150412 184651 waiting for tunnel connection
20150412 184751 connection from 127.0.0.1:46211
20150412 184751 read (5, 0x945a1f8, 1) ...

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htc.log

20150412 184705 htc (httptunnel) 3.3 started with arguments:
20150412 184705 me = htc
20150412 184705 device = (null)
20150412 184705 host_name = 127.0.0.1
20150412 184705 host_port = 443
20150412 184705 proxy_name = (null)
20150412 184705 proxy_port = 8080
20150412 184705 proxy_buffer_size = 0
20150412 184705 proxy_buffer_timeout = -1
20150412 184705 content_length = 102400
20150412 184705 forward_port = 10022
20150412 184705 max_connection_age = 300
20150412 184705 use_std = 0
20150412 184705 strict_content_length = 0
20150412 184705 keep_alive = 5
20150412 184705 proxy_authorization = (null)
20150412 184705 user_agent = (null)
20150412 184705 debug_level = 9
20150412 184705 server_socket (10022) = 4
20150412 184705 waiting for connection on port 10022
20150412 184751 wait_for_connection_on_socket (4) = 5
20150412 184751 creating a new tunnel
20150412 184751 tunnel_new_client ("127.0.0.1", 443, "(null)", 8080, 102400)
20150412 184751 tunnel_connect()
20150412 184751 tunnel_out_setsockopts: non-fatal SO_SNDLOWAT: 1
20150412 184751 tunnel_out_setsockopts: SO_LINGER: onoff=1 linger=2000
20150412 184751 tunnel_out_setsockopts: non-fatal TCP_NODELAY: 1
20150412 184751 tunnel_out_setsockopts: SO_KEEPALIVE: 1
20150412 184751 write (6, 0xbfc573bc, 43) ...
20150412 184751 ... = -1
20150412 184751 http_write_request: POST /index.html?crap=1428857271 HTTP/1.1

20150412 184751 http_write_request: write error: Invalid argument
20150412 184751 couldn't open tunnel: Invalid argument
20150412 184751 exit with status = 1

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ssh.log

OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1] port 10022.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

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[tweej (tweej)]

This is indeed a bug. Here's a fix against 3.3+dfsg-3. See http://askubuntu.com/a/694568/284211 for an explanation.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "08-fix-socket-level.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[tweej (tweej)]

This bug has now been fixed upstream.
https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/httptunnel/commit/a578fb44f37c9ef8689d1030e19a69a73e914820