CVE-2003-1207 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Authenticated remote attackers can crash the Crob FTP Server by sending a malformed directory command with excessive dots.

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-2003-1207?

CVE-2003-1207 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 May 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Crob FTP Server 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a dir command with a large number of "." characters followed by a "/*" string.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1207?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Crob Crob Ftp Server.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1207 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-2003-1207 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1207 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jmgg-cm9p-c8rw.

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