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War FTP Daemon 'USER' and 'PASS' Remote Format String 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 War FTP and is prone to format string vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a format string error when the username and password are received in a ftp request. This can be exploited to crash the application via a ftp request packet containing a specially crafted username and password fields.
Affected Software
Affected Software
War FTP Daemon 1.82 RC 11.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.