FTP: ProFTPD-1.2.0 Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against ProFTPD, a popular FTP daemon that ships with many Linux distributions. Version 1.2.0 is vulnerable. Successful attackers can cause a buffer overflow and gain root access.
Extended Description
The vulnerability in 1.2pre1, 1.2pre3 and 1.2pre3 is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow, the result of a sprintf() in the log_xfer() routine in src/log.c. The vulnerability in 1.2pre4 is a mkdir overflow. The name of the created path can not exceed 255 chars. 1.2pre6 limits the command buffer size to 512 characters in src/main.c and modifies the fix from 1.2pre4.
Affected Products
Proftpd_project proftpd
Short Name
FTP:PROFTP:OVERFLOW1
Severity
Critical
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
FTP
Keywords
CVE-1999-0911 Overflow ProFTPD-1.2.0 bid:612
Release Date
04/22/2003
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Proftpd_project
CVSS Score
10.0