CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:7950

Info

CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7950
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 30 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 30 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to dr_insane.
Vulnerable: ACLogic CesarFTP 0.99 g
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for CesarFTP. Reportedly, an attacker may crash a target server by supplying excessive data as the argument to the 'CWD' command. This may result in the server hanging, effectively denying service to other legitimate FTP users.

Exploit / POC

CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

Solution / Fix

CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
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CesarFTP Remote CWD Denial of Service Vulnerability

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