Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2728. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the FTP server of Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1 and 9.0 allows remote, authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the XCWD command.

The weakness was published 10/26/2004 by CESG Network Defence Team with CESG (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2728 since 10/08/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15613 (Hummingbird Connectivity FTP Service XCWD 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 27251 (Hummingbird Connectivity FTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2344.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17855), Tenable (15613), SecurityFocus (BID 11542†), OSVDB (11133†) and Secunia (SA12984†). Similar entry is available at VDB-23596. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15613
Nessus Name: Hummingbird Connectivity FTP Service XCWD Command Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 15613
OpenVAS Name: Hummingbird Connectivity FTP service XCWD Overflow
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 2344
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP XCWD overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: CESG Network Defence Team
Organization: CESG
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2728 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2728
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23595
X-Force: 17855
SecurityFocus: 11542 - Hummingbird Connectivity FTP Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12984 - Hummingbird Connectivity Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 11133 - Hummingbird Connectivity FTP Service XCWD Command Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1011942

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

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/05/2025 20:18
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (71), 04/22/2019 20:41 (9), 07/05/2025 20:18 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:29D:103

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