CVE-2006-0355 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in HomeFtp by sending long USER and PASS commands followed by an NLST command.
- 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-2006-0355?
CVE-2006-0355 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Helmsman Research (aka CoolUtils) HomeFtp 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service via a long USER command combined with a long PASS command and an NLST command.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0355?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Helmsman Research Homeftp.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0355?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0355 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-2006-0355 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0355 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8xq-vvm9-3jq2.