249 : WU-FTPD SITE NEWER Command Memory Exhaustion DoS
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10 months ago

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65%

Disclosure

Oct 19, 1999

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Denial of service in WU-FTPD via the SITE NEWER command, which does not free memory properly.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB 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
Watch-list
wu-ftpd
Watch-list
2.5.0

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