34670 : WU-FTPD on Unspecified OS Connection Saturation DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2003-01-29

Description

WU-FTPD contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition. The issue occurs when WU-FTPD is compiled on certain unspecified operating systems that limit non-connected socket binds to the same local address. In such a situation, a remote attacker can exhaust the connection resources preventing further legitimate connections.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, WU-FTPD has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

WU-FTPD Development Group

wu-ftpd

2.6.2

References

CVE ID: 2003-1329 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Solution URL: ftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_2.6.2/connect-dos.patch
Vendor URL: http://wu-ftpd.org/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-23 | Disagree?

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