4073 : Serv-U FTP Server MDTM Command Overflow
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about 1 year ago

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90%

Disclosure

Feb 26, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

No Keywords

Description

The Serv-U FTP server is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow attack when processing a long time zone argument to the MDTM command. This command is only available to authenticated users (including anonymous) and may be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the FTP service. This service often runs with administrative privileges and successful exploitation may result in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation, Other
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.0.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Rhino Software, Inc.
Watch-list
Serv-U
Watch-list
3.0.0.16
3.0.0.17
3.1.0.0
3.1.0.1
3.1.0.3
4.0.0.4
4.1.0.0
4.1.0.3
5.0.0.0

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