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A vulnerability was found in ACLogic CesarFTP 0.99e and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument RETR
with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
CesarFTP 0.99e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long RETR parameter.
The weakness was disclosed 11/23/2004 by intuit (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0298. 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 11755 (CesarFTP Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, File Access, more)), 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2392.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15252) and Tenable (11755). The entries 217, 16696, 17684 and 20504 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 11755
Nessus Name: CesarFTP Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, File Access, more)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 2392
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP RETR overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2102392
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Timeline
06/18/2003 🔍02/16/2004 🔍
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04/14/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: xforce.iss.netResearcher: intuit
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-0298 (🔍)
X-Force: 15252
Vulnerability Center: 3916 - DoS on CesarFTP via RETR parameter, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9666 - ACLogic CesarFTP Remote Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 04/14/2015 13:24Updated: 05/20/2019 12:11
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:24 (70), 05/20/2019 12:11 (4)
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