CVE-2006-2242 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 9 May 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the acFTP server by sending a long string with brace characters to the USER 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-2006-2242?

CVE-2006-2242 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

acFTP 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string with "{" (brace) characters to the USER command.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2242?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Acftp Acftp.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2242 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-2006-2242 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2242 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q8qp-qqwx-qgcf.