CVE-2004-0287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2004-03-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 7.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0287	Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07325.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107695172917263&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9668
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15220

History

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Subscriptions

Xlight Ftp Server Xlight Ftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.901Z

Reserved: 2004-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0287

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-11-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:05:19.500

Link: CVE-2004-0287

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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