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Cesar FTP "RETR" Command Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10927
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Release Date:
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2004-02-19
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Popularity:
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6,387 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Cesar FTP 0.x
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Description:
intuit has discovered a vulnerability in Cesar FTP, allowing malicious users to cause a Denial of Service.
Cesar FTP fails to handle multiple sessions where a long string (4084 characters) is retrieved (RETR). This causes the server process to consume 99% CPU resources and stop processing new connections.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.99g. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Grant only access to trusted users.
Provided and/or discovered by:
intuit
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