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Secunia Advisory SA12406

WS_FTP Server File Path Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA12406
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Release Date 2004-08-31
Last Update 2005-02-22
   
Popularity 9,338 views
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact DoS
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
WS_FTP Server 3.x
WS_FTP Server 4.x
WS_FTP Server 5.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2004-1643 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

lion has discovered a vulnerability in WS_FTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The problem is caused due to an error in the parsing of file paths and can be exploited to cause a vulnerable system to use a large amount of CPU resources via a specially crafted CWD command.

Successful exploitation requires that the user has been authenticated.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 5.0.2. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Apply WS_FTP Server 5.03 Patch:
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
lion

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