Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:269

Info

Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 269
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 03 1999 12:00AM
Updated: May 03 1999 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published by Arne Vidstrom <[email protected]>. Exploit by UNYUN <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5 a
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Discussion

Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

The Serv-U FTP server versions 2.5 and earlier are vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows. This can result in a denial of service and at worst in arbitrary code being executed on the system.

The vulnerabilities are in the CWD and LS FTP commands if they are passed an argument a string longer than 155 characters.

Exploit / POC

Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

The following exploit is know to work under Serv-U 2.5 under Windows 98. Changing the parameter may make it work under other environments.

Solution / Fix

Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Cat Soft has made an upgrade available which solves this and other issues. It can be obtained at:
http://www.ftpserv-u.com/download.cfm

References

Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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