CVE-2005-3467 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can crash the Serv-U FTP server via malformed packets, causing a denial of service for legitimate users.

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

What is CVE-2005-3467?

CVE-2005-3467 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Serv-U FTP Server before 6.1.0.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) malformed packets and possibly other unspecified issues with unknown impact and attack vectors including (2) use of "~" in a pathname, and (3) memory consumption of the daemon. NOTE: it is not clear whether items (2) and above are vulnerabilities.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3467?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Serv-U File Server.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3467?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3467 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-2005-3467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jmxx-qxgh-6x9h.

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