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Secunia Security Advisory 29943

Secunia Security Advisory 29943
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Neelima Premsankar has discovered a vulnerability in VicFTPS, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

tags | advisory, denial of service
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Secunia Security Advisory 29943

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TITLE:
VicFTPS LIST Command Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29943

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29943/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VicFTPS 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/18500/

DESCRIPTION:
Neelima Premsankar has discovered a vulnerability in VicFTPS, which
can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL-pointer dereference error
and can be exploited to cause the service to crash via e.g. a
specially crafted LIST command.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 5.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Neelima Premsankar

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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