4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:8601

Info

4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8601
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 12 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 12 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by B-r00t <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: 4D WebSTAR 5.3.1
4D WebSTAR 5.3
4D WebSTAR 5.2.4
4D WebSTAR 5.2.3
4D WebSTAR 5.2.2
4D WebSTAR 5.2.1
4D WebSTAR 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

A buffer overrun has been reported for 4D WebSTAR FTP. The problem is said to occur due to insufficient bounds checking when handling excessive data passed within the PASS command. As a result, an attacker may be capable of corrupting sensitive data adjacent to the allocated storage buffer, potentially allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

It should be noted that this issue could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker, as the issue occurs during the pre-authentication phase.

Exploit / POC

4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

An exploit has been made available.

Solution / Fix

4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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

References

4D WebSTAR FTP Remote Long Password Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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