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freeSSHd SFTP 'rename' and 'realpath' Remote DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is running freeSSHd SSH server and is prone to remote denial of service vulnerability. NULL pointer de-referencing errors in SFTP 'rename' and 'realpath' commands. These can be exploited by passing overly long string passed as an argument to the affected commands.
Affected Software
Affected Software
freeSSHd freeSSHd version 1.2.1.14 and prior on Windows (all)
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to freeSSHd version 1.2.6 or later.