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Baby FTP Server File Enumeration Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA19338
Release Date: 2006-03-23
Last Update: 2006-03-28
Popularity: 4,688 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Baby FTP Server 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1383


Description:
Ziv Kamir has discovered a weakness in Baby FTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to enumerate files on an affected system.

The weakness is caused due to the FTP server returning different error messages depending on whether a file exists outside the FTP root directory or not. This can be exploited via directory traversal attacks to determine the existence of certain files.

The weakness has been confirmed in version 1.24. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Use the product only when connected to trusted networks.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Ziv Kamir

Changelog:
2006-03-28: Added CVE reference.


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