PT-2007-6736 · Netkit · Netkit-Ftp

Airsupply · Published 2007-12-06 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-5769

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 netkit-ftp versions 0.17 20040614 and later

Description A double free vulnerability in the getreply function in ftp.c allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via some types of FTP protocol behavior.

Recommendations For netkit-ftp versions 0.17 20040614 and later, consider disabling the getreply function in ftp.c as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the FTP protocol to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5769

Affected Products

Netkit-Ftp

References · 5

• 🔥 http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/ftp/F-8/netkit-ftp-0.17-sigseg.patch?view=auto · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5769 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704348003382&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26764 · Note