SB2020061527 - Denial of service in uftpd
Published: June 15, 2020 Updated: July 2, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020061527
Severity
Low
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14149)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in uftpd within the handle_CWD in ftpcmd.c when processing the CWD /. command. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted command to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.