CVE-2009-3643 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in XM Easy Personal FTP Server by sending long arguments to LIST or NLST 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-2009-3643?

CVE-2009-3643 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dxmsoft XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long argument to the (1) LIST and (2) NLST commands, a differnt issue than CVE-2008-5626 and CVE-2006-5728.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dxmsoft Xm Easy Personal Ftp Server.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3643 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-2009-3643 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3643 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3vxp-49m8-73gc.

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