Microsoft IIS FTP Status Request DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1841

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

It may be possible to make the remote FTP server crash by sending the command 'STAT *?AAAAA....AAAAA' An attacker may use this flaw to prevent your FTP server from working properly.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1841

Family: FTP Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10934

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0073

BID: 4482

Detections

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