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FTP CWD directory overflow

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 FAQ
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Summary

An attempt has been made to overflow the CWD (change working directory) command on the target FTP server.

Details

Some FTP servers do not bounds-check a supplied directory name. This can result in a classic buffer-overflow bug allowing an intruder to break into the system.

Defense

Most systems are not vulnerable to this bug. See below to see if your system is one of those listed.

 more information
CERT: CA-99-03-FTP-Buffer-Overflows  
 
advICE: Buffer overflows  
More about this general class of attacks, which is the root cause of many attacks on the Internet.  
advICE: FTP defense  
How to harden an FTP server against Internet attacks.  
advICE: FTP exploits  
A list of common ways that intruders break into FTP servers.  
BugtraqID: 818   Vermillion FTPd CWD DoS Vulnerability
 
BugtraqID: 747   WFTPD Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Affects version 2.34 and 2.40 of this Windows-based FTP service.  
BugtraqID: 599   Multiple Vendor Wu-Ftpd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
 
BugtraqID: 966   Solaris rlogind FTP bounce Vulnerability
 
BugtraqID: 572   ToxSoft NextFTP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
 
BugtraqID: 269   Cat Soft Serv-U Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities.
 
BugtraqID: 217   WS_FTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
A CWD with more than 876 will crash the service.  
CVE-1999-0671   Buffer overflow in ToxSoft NextFTP client through CWD command.
 
CVE-2000-0131   Buffer overflow in War FTPd 1.6x allows users to cause a denial of service via long MKD and CWD commands.
 
CVE-1999-0219   Serv-U FTP buffer overflow when user performs a cwd to a directory with a long name.
 
CVE-1999-0362   WS_FTP server remote denial of service through cwd command.
 

 configuration for this item
file.maxname200The maximum length of a file name.

 
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