CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2037

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Mollensoft Lightweight FTP Server 3.6, triggered by a long CWD command, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can crash the FTP server or gain control over it, threatening system availability and integrity.

Recommendation

Update the FTP server to a patched version immediately, or mitigate by restricting the length of CWD commands for authenticated users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Mollensoft Lightweight FTP Server 3.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CWD command, as demonstrated in one example by using the "cd" command in an interactive FTP client.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS