PT-2004-1354 · Washington University · Wu-Ftpd

Published 2004-03-15 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2004-0185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wu-ftpd version 2.6.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the skey challenge function, which can be triggered by a remote attacker sending a s/key request with a long name. This could lead to a denial of service and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For wu-ftpd version 2.6.2, consider disabling the s/key authentication mechanism until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0185

DSA-457

Affected Products

Wu-Ftpd

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html · Exploit
• ftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_2.6.2/skeychallenge.patch · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0185 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-096.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-457 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8893 · Note
• http://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13518 · Note