GuildFTPD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:2784

Info

GuildFTPD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2784
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 22 2001 12:00AM
Updated: May 22 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to Bugtraq in a Defcom Labs Advisory on May 22, 2001.
Vulnerable: DrPhibez and Nitro187 Guild FTPD 0.9.7
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GuildFTPD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

GuildFTPD is a free Windows-based program used primarily as a personal ftp server.

A vulnerability exists in GuildFTPD which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service attack. By sending requests containg NUL bytes ('\0'), it may be possible for an attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually causing the server to be unresponsive after repeated attacks.

Exploit / POC

GuildFTPD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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