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WFTPD MLST Command Remote DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2189

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote WFTP server may crash when a logged user sends 60 MLST requests with varying parameter sizes over 2KB. An attacker may use this flaw to prevent this host from publishing anything using FTP.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2189

Family: FTP Servers

Published: 8/31/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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: 5.2

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:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1642

BID: 11067