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Serv-U File Renaming Vulnerabilities and STOU Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA32150
Release Date: 2008-10-06
Last Update: 2008-10-10
Popularity: 1,154 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Serv-U File Server 7.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-4500
CVE-2008-4501


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Serv-U, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An error in the handling of the "STOU" FTP command can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources via a specially crafted argument (e.g. "CON:1").

2) An input validation error in the FTP service when renaming files can be exploited to overwrite or create arbitrary files with user-supplied content via directory traversal attacks.

3) An input validation error in the FTP service when renaming files with a certain destination setting can be exploited to move the files to the Windows directory.

Vulnerabilities #1 and #2 are confirmed in version 7.3.0.0 and vulnerability #3 is reported in versions prior to 7.3.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 7.3.0.1.
http://www.serv-u.com/customer/record.asp?prod=su

Provided and/or discovered by:
1, 2) dmnt
3) Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-10-09: Added vulnerability #3. Updated "Solution" section.
2008-10-10: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Serv-U:
http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/

dmnt:
1) http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6660
2) http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6661


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