# CVE-2004-0298: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service in CesarFTP by sending a long RETR parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7g28-9q87-f5g3

## What is CVE-2004-0298?

CVE-2004-0298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CesarFTP 0.99e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long RETR parameter.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0298?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aclogic Cesarftp.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-0298?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-0298 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0298 exists.

Public exploit code:

- ACLogic CesarFTP 0.99 - Remote Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-2961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2961/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-1336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1336/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-0826](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0826/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-1335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1335/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-0329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0329/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-0298 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-0298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0298 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0298/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0298

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