SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27993
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1052
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 25 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	Luigi Auriemma discovered this issue.
Vulnerable:	NetWin SurgeFTP 2.3a2
Not Vulnerable:

SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

SurgeFTP is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to perform adequately boundary checks on user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue will cause the server to copy data to a NULL pointer, which will crash the server, denying access to legitimate users.

SurgeFTP 2.3a2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27993.txt

SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• SurgeFTP Homepage (NetWin)
  
• NULL pointer in SurgeFTP 2.3a2 (Luigi Auriemma )