Description
Gene6 G6 FTP Server 2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a long (1) user name or (2) password.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Gene6 G6 FTP Server 2.0 - Buffer Overflow (Denial of Service) (PoC) EDB-19624 · dos · Nov 17, 1999 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- g6ftp-username-dos(3513) vdb-entry
- 19991117 Remote D.o.S Attack in G6 FTP Server v2.0 (beta 4/5) Vulnerability mailing-list
- 805 vdb-entry