CVE-2004-0255

Published: Mar 18, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Xlight 1.52, with log to screen enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a long directory consisting of . (dot) and / (slash) characters, which causes the server to crash when the administrator views the log file, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

xlight ftp server

commercial

xlight ftp serverOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / network-management

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9585

securityfocus.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15064

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107605633904122&w=2

marc.info

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