4996 : Pablo FTP Server Username Format String
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	590	over 8 years ago	over 2 years ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date
2002-10-15	2002-10-31	2002-11-01	2004-04-08

Time to Vendor Response
1 days

Description

Pablo FTP Server contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when an attacker supplies a username containing format specifiers, and will result in loss of availability for the service. It is believed that execution of arbitrary code is possible as well.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.51 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by installing a filtering proxy that block requests containing format string markers.

Products

Pablo Software Solutions	FTP Server	1.0
		1.2
		1.3
		1.5

References

ISS X-Force ID: 10532
CVE ID: 2002-1244 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 6099
Secunia Advisory ID: 7439
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q4/0375.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=42&type=vulnerabilities

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Texonet - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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