CVE-2006-5789 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) version 1.82.00-RC11. Authenticated remote users can crash the FTP server by sending a large number of "%s" format strings within commands like CWD, CDUP, DELE, NLST, LIST, and SIZE. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a partial denial of service with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.82.00_rc11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jgaa:warftpd:1.82.00_rc11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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