VDB-450 · BID 9237 · SA10452

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.x CWD Command denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.x. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of CWD Command results in denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.x (File Transfer Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a CWD Command leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was published 12/17/2003 by Dr_insane (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ipswitch.com.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 9237†), OSVDB (3060†), Secunia (SA10452†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1008496†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: ipswitch.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Dr_insane
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-450
SecurityFocus: 9237 - Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Resource Consumption Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10452 - WS_FTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 3060 - WS_FTP Server CWD/MKD DoS
SecurityTracker: 1008496

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2003 16:48
Updated: 06/27/2019 14:14
Changes: 12/17/2003 16:48 (63), 06/27/2019 14:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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