Ipswitch WS_FTP Home NetscapeFtpHandler denial of service

wsftp-netscapeftphandler-dos (33846)

Medium Risk

Description:

Ipswitch WS_FTP Home is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the NetscapeFtpHandler function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the server.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.5
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	2.8
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

• BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 21 2007 - 15:42:26 CDT: WS_FTP Home 2007 NetscapeFTPHandler denial of service.
• Ipswitch WS_FTP Home Web site: File Transfer, Download Free FTP Client for Windows - WS_FTP Home.
• BID-23584: WSFTP Null Pointer Dereference Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-2213: Unspecified vulnerability in the Initialize function in NetscapeFTPHandler in WS_FTP Home and Professional 2007 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors related to improper arguments.
• OSVDB ID: 35588: WS_FTP NetscapeFTPHandler Initialize Function Unspecified Remote DoS

Platforms Affected:

• Ipswitch WS_FTP 2007 Home
• Ipswitch WS_FTP 2007 Professional

Reported:

Apr 21, 2007

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