GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:6518

Info

GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6518
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 04 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 04 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to D4rkGr3y <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: globalSCAPE CuteFTP 5.0
globalSCAPE CuteFTP 4.2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: globalSCAPE CuteFTP 5.0.1

Discussion

GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CuteFTP is a commercially available FTP client distributed by GlobalScape. It is available for the Microsoft Windows platform.

It has been reported that a memory corruption bug exists in CuteFTP. Under some circumstances, when an FTP client connects to a malicious FTP server it may be possible for the server to exploit a boundry condition error.

Exploit / POC

GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit contributed by D4rkGr3y <[email protected]>:

Solution / Fix

GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in CuteFTP 5.0.1. Users should contact the vendor to obtain upgrades.

References

GlobalScape CuteFTP Long FTP Banner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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