[NT] Xlight FTP Server Directory Traversal and DoS

From: SecuriTeam (support_at_securiteam.com)
Date: 12/18/03

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      Xlight FTP Server Directory Traversal and DoS
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    SUMMARY

     <http://www.xlightftpd.com/> Xlight FTP server is "a powerful ftp server
    with very small program size". Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in
    the product a directory traversal vulnerability (allows remote attackers
    to cause the product to display files that are outside the bound FTP root
    directory) and denial of service attack.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable systems:
     * Xlight FTP Server version 1.40

    Immune systems:
     * Xlight FTP Server version 1.41

    Directory Traversal:
    Any authenticated user can read arbitrary files outside the bound FTP root
    directory by iussing the following command:
      get ..\[Existent File]
      recev ..\[Existent File]

    Denial of Service:
    Any authenticated user can crash the server by issuing the following
    command:
      cd ~

    Vendor status:
    "Thank you for the information. Vulnerability places under the prog have
    been found , the fix will come out very soon", a new version is available
    on the vendor's web site, the new version (1.41) includes fixes for both
    these vulnerabilities..

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:gss_it@yahoo.com> GSS IT.

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