4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.0%
ProFTPD is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:proftpd:proftpd";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801640");
script_version("2024-03-04T05:10:24+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-04 05:10:24 +0000 (Mon, 04 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-30 12:42:12 +0100 (Tue, 30 Nov 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-7265");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("ProFTPD Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("FTP");
script_dependencies("secpod_proftpd_server_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ProFTPD/Installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3131");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ProFTPD is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in 'pr_data_xfer()' function which allows
remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption)
via an ABOR command during a data transfer.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ProFTPD versions prior to 1.3.2rc3");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to ProFTPD version 1.3.2rc3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.3.2.rc3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.3.2rc3" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );