57394 : ProFTP Server Response Message Handling Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
14	771	over 2 years ago	about 1 year ago	11 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2009-08-25	2009-08-25

Description

A buffer overflow exists in ProFTP. The client fails to validate FTP server welcome messages resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted welcome message, a remote FTP server operator can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Labtam Inc.

ProFTP

2.9

References

CVE ID: 2009-3976 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36128
Secunia Advisory ID: 36446
ISS X-Force ID: 52730
Metasploit ID: 57394
Milw0rm: 9508
Exploit Database: 9508
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2009-2414
Vendor URL: http://www.labtam-inc.com/index.php?act=products&pid=1
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/proftp_welcome
Other Advisory URL: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2414

Credit

His0k4 - His0k4.hlmgmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-11-19 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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