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TITLE:
WinFtp Server Data Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23412

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23412/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WinFtp Server 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12923/

DESCRIPTION:
shinnai has discovered a vulnerability in WinFtp Server, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error when
processing data received from the client. This can be exploited to
crash the service by sending an overly long string (greater than 500
bytes) to the service.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the FTP service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
shinnai

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