cftp Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8160

Info

cftp Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8160
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 10 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 10 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to "inv[at]dtors".
Vulnerable: cftp cftp 0.12
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

cftp Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in cftp. The vulnerability occurs when cftp is parsing 'Welcome' banner messages from remote FTP servers. When cftp receives an FTP banner exceeding a certain length, it will trigger the overflow condition. This could allow for execution of malicious code in the context of the FTP client.

Exploit / POC

cftp Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

References

cftp Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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