SurgeFTP Content-Length denial of service
| surgeftp-contentlength-dos (40843) |  Low Risk |
Description:
SurgeFTP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference error during the parsing of HTTP headers. By sending an overly large Content-Length HTTP header to TCP port 7021, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the server.
Platforms Affected:
- NetWin, SurgeFTP Server 2.3a1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 23, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Luigi Auriemma ADVISORIES, 25 Feb 2008, SurgeFTP at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgeftpizza-adv.txt.
- SurgeFTP Web site, SurgeFTP -- Unix/Windows Ftp Server Software at http://www.netwinsite.com/surgeftp/.
- BID-27993: SurgeFTP 'Content-Length' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1052: The administration web interface in NetWin SurgeFTP 2.3a2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when memory allocation fails.
- SA29096: SurgeFTP "Content-Length" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Feb 25, 2008
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