Jgaa WarFTPd 1.66x4s/1.67.3 CWD/MKD Long Argument memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Jgaa WarFTPd 1.66x4s/1.67.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CWD/MKD Handler. Such manipulation as part of Long Argument leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2000-0131. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jgaa WarFTPd 1.66x4s/1.67.3 (File Transfer Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CWD/MKD Handler. The manipulation as part of a Long Argument 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:

Buffer overflow in War FTPd 1.6x allows users to cause a denial of service via long MKD and CWD commands.

The weakness was published 02/03/2000 by Toshimi Makino (Website). The advisory is available at support.jgaa.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0131. 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 in ANSI C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11205 (WarFTPd CWD/MKD Command Overflow), 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 27015 (War FTP Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.67-4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4010), Exploit-DB (19740), Tenable (11205), SecurityFocus (BID 966†) and OSVDB (4677†). 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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Nessus ID: 11205
Nessus Name: WarFTPd CWD/MKD Command Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 11205
OpenVAS Name: War FTP Daemon CWD/MKD Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WarFTPd 1.67-4

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.jgaa.com
Researcher: Toshimi Makino
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0131 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15290
X-Force: 4010
SecurityFocus: 966 - War-FTPd 1.6x CWD/MKD DoS Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4677 - WarFTPd CWD Command Overflow DoS
Vulnerability Center: 1705 - War FTPd 1.6x DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 17:00
Updated: 10/19/2025 18:36
Changes: 06/23/2014 17:00 (76), 05/11/2019 16:21 (4), 02/06/2025 16:09 (19), 10/19/2025 18:36 (2)
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