Re: Pro/wuFTPD DoS

From: CyberPsychotic (mlistsat_private)
Date: Wed Feb 17 1999 - 10:37:34 PST

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    ~ This is the bash path overlow (up to 2.0.0) which has been fixed in bash
    ~ v2.02.
    
    ~ > kills patched ProFTPD dead.
    ~ >
    ~ Hmmm i think that the problem here isn't overflow in ProFTPD.
    ~ Here is a proof.
    ~
    
    
     The problem IS an overflow in ProFTPD, I've sent a detailed report to
    bugtraq few days ago, but somewhy it still hasnt appeared on the list.
    To be quick, the problem sits in fs.c:fs_dircat() routine, which doesn't
    make boundary checks while concatinating directory names.
    



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