CVE-2006-2254 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the FileCOPA FTP server by sending a username with excessive newline characters, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-2254?
CVE-2006-2254 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
Buffer overflow in filecpnt.exe in FileCOPA 1.01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a username with a large number of newline characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2254?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intervations Filecopa.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2254?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2254 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-2006-2254 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2254 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2010-2112 Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP service in FileCOPA before 5.03 allows remote attackers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via unknown vectors.
- CVE-2007-1598 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2006-3726 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2006-3768 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2006-0344 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3hvx-pxjp-5p5j.