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WFTPD LIST/NLST/STAT Command Buffer Overflow

SeveritySeverity CVSSCVSS PublishedPublished AddedAdded ModifiedModified
Critical (9) 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Mar 1, 2004 Jan 26, 2007 Mar 17, 2009

Description:

Texas Imperial Software's WFTPD FTP Server for Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow whereby an attacker could execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the software by issuing a LIST, NLST, or STAT command with a "-" character followed by an overly long string and a space.

References:

Solution:

Upgrade to the latest version of WFTPD

Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.wftpd.com/downloads/wftpd325.zip

Upgrade to the latest version of WFTPD for your platform. The latest stable release is WFTPD version 3.25, released on Nov 30, 2006. See the WFTPD website for more information on the latest release, including upgrade instructions.



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