249 : WU-FTPD SITE NEWER Command Memory Exhaustion DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
1999-10-19

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=1999-0880" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Denial of service in WU-FTPD via the SITE NEWER command, which does not free memory properly.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

WU-FTPD Development Group

wu-ftpd

2.5.0

References

CVE ID: 1999-0880 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 3376
Bugtraq ID: 737
CERT: CA-1999-13
Other Advisory URL: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1909

Tools & Filters

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Snort	1864

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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