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Ocean FTP Server Multiple Connections Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA14662
Release Date: 2005-03-22
Last Update: 2005-03-30
Popularity: 5,206 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Ocean FTP Server 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0847


Description:
GSS-IT has reported a vulnerability in Ocean FTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the connection handling. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable service to stop accepting new connections by making a large amount of connections to a vulnerable server (more than 106).

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.01.
http://www.codeocean.com/oceanftpserver/index.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
GSS-IT

Changelog:
2005-03-30: Added CVE reference.


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