freeFTPd 1.0.8 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in freeFTPd 1.0.8 (File Transfer Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in freeFTPd 1.0.8, without logging enabled, allow remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via long (1) MKD and (2) DELE commands.

The weakness was disclosed 11/16/2005 by barabas mutsonline (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3684. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Expanders and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (23118), Exploit-DB (1330), SecurityFocus (BID 15486†), OSVDB (20909†) and Secunia (SA17583†). The entry VDB-26971 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Expanders
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: barabas mutsonline
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26972
X-Force: 23118
SecurityFocus: 15486 - FreeFTPD Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17583
OSVDB: 20909 - freeFTPd Multiple Command Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 32446 - freeFTPd 1.0.8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Long MKD and DELE Commands, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:39 PM
Updated: 07/06/2021 03:36 PM
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:39 PM (51), 03/28/2017 12:37 PM (16), 07/06/2021 03:36 PM (3)
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