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wzdftpd PORT Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9151
Release Date: 2003-06-30
Popularity: 4,936 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:wzdftpd 0.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in wzdftpd, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable FTP server.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the PORT command. This can be exploited by not supplying any arguments, which causes the FTP server to crash.

The vulnerability has been reported to affect version 0.1rc4 and prior.

Solution:
Reportedly, the vulnerability has been fixed in a CVS version on 2003-06-12:
http://www.wzdftpd.net/download.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Roman Bogorodskiy


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