CVE-2008-1052 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the NetWin SurgeFTP administration interface by sending a large Content-Length header, 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-2008-1052?

CVE-2008-1052 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The administration web interface in NetWin SurgeFTP 2.3a2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when memory allocation fails.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1052?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netwin Surgeftp.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1052?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1052 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1052 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jwr6-3j75-vrwj.

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