Remote DoS Attack in Vermillion FTP Daemon (VFTPD) v1.23

From: Ussr Labs (labsat_private)
Date: Mon Nov 22 1999 - 05:08:39 PST

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    Remote DoS Attack in Vermillion FTP Daemon (VFTPD) v1.23 Vulnerability
    
    PROBLEM
    
    UssrLabs found a Local/Remote DoS Attack in Vermillion FTP Daemon (VFTPD)
    v1.23,
    The buffer overflow is caused by a 3 times long cwd, 504 characters,
    
    Example:
    [gimmemore@itsme]$ telnet example.com 21
    Trying example.com...
    Connected to example.com.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 itsme FTP Server (vftpd 1.23) ready.
    USER itsme
    PASS ******
    CWD (buffer)
    CWD (buffer)
    CWD (buffer)
    
    Overflow.
    
    For the source / binary of this remote / local D.O.S
    
    Vendor Status:
    
    Contacted
    
    vendor: ARCANE SOFTWARE
    
    Vendor   Url:  http://www.arcanesoft.com/
    Program Url: http://www.arcanesoft.com/files/vftpd123.exe
    
    Credit: USSRLABS
    
    SOLUTION
        Nothing yet.
    
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