CVE-2020-8416 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in BearFTP by flooding the PASV mode port with connections.
- 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-2020-8416?
CVE-2020-8416 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8416?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Iktm Bearftp.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8416?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8416 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-2020-8416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.