Nessus Plugin #17602

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FTPD glob (too many *) denial of service

Family:

FTP

Category:

denial

Copyright:

Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Sends "LIST *****[...]*.*" to the FTP server

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0256

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

-

Description:

WU-FTPD exhausts all available resources on the server
when it receives several times
LIST *****[...]*.*

Solution : Contact your vendor for a fix
Risk factor : High