University of Washington wu-ftpd 2.6.2 Connection Close ftpd.c denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in University of Washington wu-ftpd 2.6.2 (File Transfer Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ftpd.c of the component Connection Close Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
ftpd.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.2, when running on "operating systems that only allow one non-connected socket bound to the same local address," does not close failed connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
The weakness was shared 01/29/2003 (Website). The advisory is available at ftp.wu-ftpd.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1329 since 05/21/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12475 (RHEL 2.1 : wu-ftpd (RHSA-2004:096)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37636) and Tenable (12475).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 12475
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : wu-ftpd (RHSA-2004:096)
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Timeline
01/29/2003 🔍12/31/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: washington.eduAdvisory: ftp.wu-ftpd.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-1329 (🔍)
X-Force: 37636
Vulnerability Center: 28884 - ftpd.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability, Low
OSVDB: 34670 - WU-FTPD on Unspecified OS Connection Saturation DoS
Entry
Created: 08/28/2014 17:50Updated: 06/29/2021 11:47
Changes: 08/28/2014 17:50 (57), 03/12/2017 17:18 (8), 06/29/2021 11:47 (3)
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