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Secunia Advisory SA36456

Cerberus FTP Server Command Processing Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory SA36456
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Release Date 2009-08-26
   
Popularity 1,421 view
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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
   
   
3rd party PoC/exploit Link available in Customer Area
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
Cerberus FTP Server 3.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.

  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Cerberus FTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of overly long arguments passed via FTP commands (e.g. ALLO), which can be exploited to terminate the application.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.0.1. Prior versions may also be affected.


Solution
Update to version 3.0.2 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by
Francis Provencher, Protek Research Lab's

Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9515

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