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NGC ActiveFTP Denial of Service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
NGC ActiveFTP check

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Active FTP server, a shareware
FTP server for Windows-based systems.

There is a flaw in the version of ActiveFTP which is running which
may permit a possible hacker to crash this service remotely by sending
an overly long argument to various FTP commands (USER, CWD, and more).

Solution : None at this time. Use another FTP daemon
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 7900

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security

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