Ipswitch WS_FTP Home client memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home client. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-3795. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home client (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home client allows remote FTP servers to have an unknown impact via a long "message response."

The weakness was published 08/27/2008 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3795 since 08/27/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/03/2024).

A public exploit has been developed by securfrog and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (44744), Exploit-DB (6257) and SecurityFocus (BID 30728†). Similar entry is available at VDB-43753. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: securfrog
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: securfrog
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3795 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43805
X-Force: 44744 - Ipswitch WS_FTP Home client message response buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 30728 - Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Message Response Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/03/2024 09:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (54), 12/04/2017 10:42 (7), 11/03/2024 09:17 (16)
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