University of Washington wu-ftpd 2.4.2 Beta18 up to 2.5 setproctitle format string
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in University of Washington wu-ftpd (File Transfer Software). This affects the function setproctitle
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.
The weakness was released 07/05/2000 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0574. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by Teso and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11391 (Multiple FTP Server setproctitle Function Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4908), Tenable (11391) and Exploit-DB (396). Further details are available at archives.neohapsis.com. Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 15740.
Product
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- 2.4.2 Beta18
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr4
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr5
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr6
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr7
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr8
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr9
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr10
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr11
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr12
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr13
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr14
- 2.4.2 Beta18 Vr15
- 2.4.2 Vr16
- 2.4.2 Vr17
- 2.5
- 2.6
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Format stringCWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Teso
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Nessus ID: 11391
Nessus Name: Multiple FTP Server setproctitle Function Arbitrary Command Execution
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Sources
Vendor: washington.eduAdvisory: cert.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-0574 (🔍)
X-Force: 4908
Vulnerability Center: 1208 - Multiple Vendor\x27s FTP Servers Allow DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution, Critical
SecurityFocus: 1438
OSVDB: 7541 - Multiple FTP Server setproctitle Function Arbitrary Command Execution
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/25/2014 15:11Updated: 05/09/2019 22:51
Changes: 06/25/2014 15:11 (67), 05/09/2019 22:51 (12)
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