CVE-2008-0608 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Logging Server (ftplogsrv.exe) in IPSwitch WS_FTP 6.1 and earlier. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a large volume of oversized UDP packets to port 5151, causing the logging service to become unresponsive and preventing log entries. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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