Microsoft Windows IIS FTP Server DOS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is running Microsoft IIS with FTP server and is prone to Denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a boundary error when encoding Telnet IAC characters in a FTP response. This can be exploited without authenticating to the FTP service to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending an overly long, specially crafted FTP request.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Windows 7 IIS 7.5 FTP Server
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.