CVE-2004-0255 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xlight FTP Server version 1.52 when log to screen is enabled. Remote attackers can crash the server by requesting an excessively long directory path composed of dots and slashes, potentially due to a buffer overflow when an administrator views the log file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a network-based attack with low complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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