CVE-2005-4888 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Novell NetWare FTP server by establishing many stale sessions that persist after completion.
- 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-2005-4888?
CVE-2005-4888 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 5 Apr 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NWFTPD.nlm before 5.06.04 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive stale connections) by establishing many FTP sessions, which persist in the Not-Logged-In state after each session is completed.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4888?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Novell Netware, Novell Netware Ftp Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4888?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4888 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-2005-4888 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4888 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9g4w-cm4c-cch5.