Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-0608 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Ipswitch WS FTP 6.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The Logging Server (ftplogsrv.exe) 7.9.14.0 and earlier in IPSwitch WS_FTP 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of responsiveness) via a large number of large packets to port 5151/udp, which causes the listening socket to terminate and prevents log commands from being recorded, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3823.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family FTP NASL id WS_FTP_SERVER_611.NASL description The remote host is running a version of WS_FTP earlier than 6.1.1. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Improper handling of UDP packets within the FTP log server may allow an attacker to crash the affected service. (CVE-2008-0608) - There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SSH Server service that can be triggered when handling arguments to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40771 published 2009-08-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40771 title Ipswitch WS_FTP Server < 6.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family FTP NASL id WS_FTP_SERVER_611_BANNER.NASL description According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of WS_FTP earlier than 6.1.1. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Improper handling of UDP packets within the FTP log server may allow an attacker to crash the affected service. (CVE-2008-0608) - There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SSH Server service that can be triggered when handling arguments to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40772 published 2009-08-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40772 title Ipswitch WS_FTP Server < 6.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)