Dragon FTP USER Command Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 10450

Synopsis

The remote FTP server has a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

It was possible to crash the remote FTP server by issuing a USER command followed by a very long argument (over 16,000 characters).
This is likely due to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the server, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of your FTP server.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 10450

File Name: dragon_ftp.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 6/27/2000

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2000-0479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-0479

BID: 1352

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