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TITLE:
Ocean FTP Server Multiple Connections Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14662

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14662/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ocean FTP Server 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4824/

DESCRIPTION:
GSS-IT has reported a vulnerability in Ocean FTP Server, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the connection
handling. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable service to stop
accepting new connections by making a large amount of connections to a
vulnerable server (more than 106).

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.01.
http://www.codeocean.com/oceanftpserver/index.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GSS-IT

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