Wing FTP Server < 3.6.6 DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49068

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of Wing FTP Server earlier than 3.6.6. Such versions reportedly fail to handle certain specially crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this issue to trigger a denial of service condition, and crash the remote service.

Solution

Upgrade to Wing FTP Server 3.6.6 or later.

See Also

https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49068

File Name: wing_ftp_server_366.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/28/2018

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2010

Reference Information

BID: 42736