CVE-2004-2533 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Serv-U FTP Server by sending a malformed SITE CHMOD command, causing a denial of service.

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-2004-2533?

CVE-2004-2533 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Serv-U FTP Server 4.1 (possibly 4.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a SITE CHMOD command with a "\\...\" followed by a short string, causing partial memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2111.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2533?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Serv-U File Server.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2533?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2533 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-2004-2533 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2533 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-23w8-jcvm-j4jg.

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