ArGoSoft FTP Server up to 1.4.1.5 password denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ArGoSoft FTP Server up to 1.4.1.5 (File Transfer Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument password with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

ArGoSoft FTP Server before 1.4.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SITE PASS command with a long password parameter, which causes the database to be corrupted.

The weakness was disclosed 02/27/2004 by STORM with Beyond Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2675 since 01/09/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.4.1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15412). The entries 23546, 23545 and 23544 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: FTP Server 1.4.1.6

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02/27/2004 🔍
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03/01/2004 +2 days 🔍
11/02/2004 +246 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +58 days 🔍
01/09/2007 +739 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2982 days 🔍
07/19/2017 +862 days 🔍

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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: STORM
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2675 (🔍)
X-Force: 15412 - ArGoSoft FTP Server SITE PASS denial of service
SecurityFocus: 9770 - ArGoSoft FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11002 - ArGoSoft FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 11332 - ArGoSoft FTP Server SITE PASS Long Argument DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/19/2017 10:07
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (65), 07/19/2017 10:07 (8)
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