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WS FTP CWD DoS

Family:

FTP

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

Summary:

Check WS_FTP server version

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Cve_id:

CVE-1999-0362

Bugtraq_id:

217

Xrefs:

OSVDB:937

Description:

According to its version number, your remote WS_FTP server is vulnerable to a
denial of service.

A logged attacker submitting a 'CWD' command along with arbitrary characters
will deny the ftp service.

** Nessus only checked the version number in the server banner

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version
Risk factor : Medium