Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro up to 8.02 ASCII Mode resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro up to 8.02 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component ASCII Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and bypass file size restrictions via a REST command with a large size argument, followed by a STOR of a smaller file.

The bug was discovered 05/24/2004. The weakness was presented 03/15/2004 by John Layman as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1848 since 05/04/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14598 (WS_FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, DoS, Cmd Exec)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27236 (Ipswitch WS_FTP Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ipswitch.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41831) and Tenable (14598). heise.de is providing further details. See 572, 571, 573 and 21681 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14598
Nessus Name: WS_FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, DoS, Cmd Exec)
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OpenVAS ID: 14598
OpenVAS Name: WS FTP server multiple flaws
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: ipswitch.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: John Layman
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1848 (🔍)
X-Force: 41831 - WS_FTP Server REST and STOR commands denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1009529
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9953 - Ipswitch WS_FTP Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11206 - WS_FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4542 - WS_FTP Server Crafted REST / STOR Commands Disk Consumption DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2004 11:04
Updated: 06/27/2019 22:39
Changes: 03/16/2004 11:04 (94), 06/27/2019 22:39 (2)
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