CVE-2024-1017

A vulnerability was found in Gabriels FTP Server 1.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument USERNAME leads to denial of service. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-252287.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176714/Gabriels-FTP-Server-1.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.252287
• https://vuldb.com/?id.252287
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwHuXfYS8yQ