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FTPD glob (too many *) denial of service

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

FTP

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

WU-FTPD is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

WU-FTPD exhausts all available resources on the server when it receives the following request several times: LIST *****[...]*.*

Solution

Solution

Contact your vendor for a fix.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)