From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 06:51:49 CDT

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TITLE:
Ability Server "STOR" FTP Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12941

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12941/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ability Server 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4136/

DESCRIPTION:
muts has discovered a vulnerability in Ability Server, which can be
exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling
of the FTP "STOR" command. This can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow by supplying an overly long argument.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 2.34. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to the FTP server.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
muts

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