what you don't know can hurt you
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

Secunia Security Advisory 29943

Secunia Security Advisory 29943
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Neelima Premsankar has discovered a vulnerability in VicFTPS, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

tags | advisory, denial of service
SHA-256 | ce78af587c39be8f12b118058d771384ddcb5185f506033e452c9ca4c2587e18

Secunia Security Advisory 29943

Change Mirror Download
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Secunia Network Software Inspector 2.0 (NSI) - Public Beta

3 days left of beta period.

The 1st generation of the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI)
has been available for corporate users for almost 1 year and its been
a tremendous success.

The 2nd generation Secunia NSI is built on the same technology as the
award winning Secunia PSI, which has already been downloaded and
installed on more than 400,000 computers world wide.

Learn more / Download (instant access):
http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector_2/

----------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE:
VicFTPS LIST Command Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29943

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29943/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VicFTPS 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/18500/

DESCRIPTION:
Neelima Premsankar has discovered a vulnerability in VicFTPS, which
can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL-pointer dereference error
and can be exploited to cause the service to crash via e.g. a
specially crafted LIST command.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 5.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Neelima Premsankar

----------------------------------------------------------------------

About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

April 2024

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Apr 1st
    10 Files
  • 2
    Apr 2nd
    26 Files
  • 3
    Apr 3rd
    40 Files
  • 4
    Apr 4th
    6 Files
  • 5
    Apr 5th
    26 Files
  • 6
    Apr 6th
    0 Files
  • 7
    Apr 7th
    0 Files
  • 8
    Apr 8th
    22 Files
  • 9
    Apr 9th
    14 Files
  • 10
    Apr 10th
    10 Files
  • 11
    Apr 11th
    13 Files
  • 12
    Apr 12th
    14 Files
  • 13
    Apr 13th
    0 Files
  • 14
    Apr 14th
    0 Files
  • 15
    Apr 15th
    30 Files
  • 16
    Apr 16th
    10 Files
  • 17
    Apr 17th
    22 Files
  • 18
    Apr 18th
    45 Files
  • 19
    Apr 19th
    8 Files
  • 20
    Apr 20th
    0 Files
  • 21
    Apr 21st
    0 Files
  • 22
    Apr 22nd
    11 Files
  • 23
    Apr 23rd
    68 Files
  • 24
    Apr 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Apr 25th
    0 Files
  • 26
    Apr 26th
    0 Files
  • 27
    Apr 27th
    0 Files
  • 28
    Apr 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Apr 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Apr 30th
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close