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SlimFTPd Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in SlimFTPd < 3.17

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote FTP server is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description :

The remote host appears to be using SlimFTPd, a free, small,
standards-compliant FTP server for Windows.

The installed version of SlimFTPd on the remote host suffers from a
denial of service vulnerability. By sending 'user' and 'pass'
commands that are each 40 bytes long, a possible hacker will crash the
service after about a short period of time.

See also :

http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/8

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/A:P/I:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14723

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