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TITLE:
SurgeFTP "LEAK" Command Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14888

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14888/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SurgeFTP 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/2927/

DESCRIPTION:
Tan Chew Keong has reported a vulnerability in SurgeFTP, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of the
non-standard "LEAK" FTP command used for debugging purposes. This can
be exploited to cause a vulnerable service to run out of file handlers
and potentially crash.

Successful exploitation does not require authentication.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 2.2m1 and 2.2k3.
Prior versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2m2.
http://netwinsite.com/cgi-bin/keycgi.exe?cmd=download&product=surgeftp

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tan Chew Keong

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.security.org.sg/vuln/surgeftp22m1.html

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