ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:6341

Info

ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6341
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 09 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 09 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to Rob klein Gunnewiek <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.7 rc1
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.6
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.5
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.4
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.3
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.2
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD 1.2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for ProFTPD. It is possible to cause ProFTPD from responding to legitimate requests for service by issuing specially crafted STAT commands. This will result in a denial of service condition.

** This issue is closely related to the vulnerability described in BID 2496.

Exploit / POC

ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

Solution / Fix

ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
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ProFTPD STAT Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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