CVE-2001-0695 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in WFTPD by repeatedly requesting access to the floppy drive.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2001-0695?

CVE-2001-0695 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

WFTPD 3.00 R5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by making repeated requests to cd to the floppy drive (A:\).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0695?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Texas Imperial Software Wftpd.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0695?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2001-0695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wg3f-9jg5-mqm8.

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