PT-2008-5093 · Ipswitch · Ws Ftp Home+1

Securfrog · Published 2008-08-20 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-3734

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ipswitch WS FTP Home version 2007.0.0.2 Ipswitch WS FTP Professional version 2007.1.0.0

Description The issue allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a connection greeting response.

Recommendations For Ipswitch WS FTP Home version 2007.0.0.2, update to a version that fixes the format string vulnerability. For Ipswitch WS FTP Professional version 2007.1.0.0, update to a version that fixes the format string vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to untrusted FTP servers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3734

Affected Products

Ws Ftp Home

Ws Ftp Professional

References · 9

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/30720 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6257 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3734 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31504 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020714 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44512 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3734 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020713 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4173 · Note