Description
The (1) FTP, (2) POP3, (3) SMTP, and (4) NNTP servers in EServer 2.92 through 2.97, and possibly 2.98, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large amount of data.
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 4
- EType EServ 2.9x - FTP Remote Denial of Service EDB-22121 · dos · Jan 4, 2003 · verified
- EType EServ 2.9x - POP3 Remote Denial of Service EDB-22122 · dos · Jan 4, 2003 · verified
- EType EServ 2.9x - SMTP Remote Denial of Service EDB-22123 · dos · Jan 4, 2003 · verified
- EType EServ 1.9x - NNTP Remote Denial of Service EDB-22124 · dos · Jan 4, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 6519 vdb-entry
- 20030104 EServ/2.97 remote DoS mailing-list
- 6521 vdb-entry
- 6522 vdb-entry
- eserv-remote-data-dos(10975) vdb-entry
- 6520 vdb-entry