CVE-2006-5789 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service in War FTP Daemon by sending excessive format strings in FTP commands.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5789?
CVE-2006-5789 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Nov 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jgaa Warftpd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5789 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-2006-5789 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5789 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wqm6-9xxx-vqhw.