SB2004080601 - Denial of service in Pure-FTPd
Published: August 6, 2004 Updated: February 27, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2004080601
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0656)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of limits for number of concurrent connections in accept_client() function. A remote attacker can exceed the maximum number of connections and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.