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NGC Active FTPServer USER Command Overflow Lets Remote Users Crash the FTP Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1006967 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1006967
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 11 2003
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.40
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Description:
Ziv Kamir reported a denial of service vulnerability in the NGC Active FTPServer 2002. A remote user can cause the FTP service to crash.
It is reported that a remote user can send a USER command with a string of 25001 characters or more as an argument to cause the target server to crash. A demonstration exploit transcript is provided in the Source Message.
It is also reported that a remote authenticated user, including an anonymous FTP user (if enabled), can use the cwd, ls, get, and mkdir commands in a similar manner to trigger the crash.
The vendor was reportedly notified on June 11, 2003 and responded the same day.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the FTP service to crash.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry. The vendor has reportedly indicated that a fix will be included in the next product version (2003), to be available in August 2003.
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Vendor URL: www.nextgen.dk/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Vulnerability Under NGC Active FTPServer 2002 Ver 2.4
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi ,
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Content-Type: text/plain;
name="Active_FTP.txt"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="Active_FTP.txt"
11/06/03
Ziv Kamir
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Application: NGC Active FTPServer 2002
Web Site: http://www.nextgen.dk/
Versions: 2.40
Platform: Windows
Bug: A remote user can cause the FTP service to crash.
Credits:
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# Ziv Kamir #
# #
# Email : vulncode@yahoo.com #
# #
# #
#################################
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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix
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1) Introduction
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A simple FTP server for your personal needs. No cryptic settings, just a plain vanilla FTP Server, that everyone can use. And it's
very lightweight, takes almost no memory and system resources.
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2) Bug
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A remote user can send a string of 25001 characters or more as an argument to the USER command to cause the target server to crash
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A remote authenticated user can cause the service to crash with The cwd , ls , get , mkdir in the same way .
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3) The Code
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>>Telnet 127.0.0.1 21
220 Welcome to NGC Active FTPServer 2002.
>>USER AAAAAAA...AAAAA [25001]
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4) Fix
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Date of Vendor Notification:
11/06/03
Status:
>From The Vendor:
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Thanks for your info, even that we already know, and are working on a new version (2003), which should be avaliable in august.
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