Description
Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
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
- Xlight FTP Server 1.52 - Remote Send File Request Denial of Service EDB-23701 · dos · Feb 16, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 9668 vdb-entry
- xlight-retr-dos(15220) vdb-entry
- 20040215 Xlight ftp server 1.52 RETR bug mailing-list