FileZilla FTP Server MLSD Command Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21567

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application that is suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the FileZilla Server Interface installed on the remote host is affected by an unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability, which could be leveraged by an attacker to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges of the user running the affected application.

Note that to successfully exploit this remotely, the application would need to be configured to accept remote connections, which it does not by default.

Solution

Upgrade to FileZilla Server version 0.9.17 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21567

File Name: filezilla_server_interface_buffer_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/16/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:filezilla:filezilla_server

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2173

BID: 17802

Detections

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