SB2020020419 - Denial of service in BearFTP
Published: February 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020419
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 exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8416)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156170/BearFTP-0.1.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/blob/0.2.0/CHANGELOG.txt
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/commit/9965337f9d4c0325e4aab324dcd485e4cbb7b428
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/releases/tag/0.2.0
- https://pastebin.com/wqNWnCuN