Intrusion PreventionProFTPD.Infinite.Loop.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service Vulnerability in ProFTPD Project ProFTPD.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously long FTP command. Successful exploitation will cause the vulnerable server to use up a single CPU core. If ProFTPD is run in a multi-threading mode, an attacker can send several such requests to use up all cores at 100%, leading to a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
ProFTPD Project ProFTPD prior to 1.3.6b
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
Telemetry
Coverage
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| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-04 | 15.738 | Sig Added |
| 2019-12-03 | 15.737 | Default_action:pass:drop |
| 2019-11-20 | 15.727 |
| ID | 48492 |
| Created | Nov 20, 2019 |
| Updated | Sep 25, 2020 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2019-18217 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 94.56% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Linux |
| Affected App | Other |