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War FTP Daemon USER/PASS Overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
War FTP Daemon USER/PASS Overflow

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The version of War FTP Daemon running on this host contains
a buffer overflow in the code that handles the USER and PASS
commands. A potential intruder could use this vulnerability
to crash the server, as well as run arbitrary commands on
the system.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest release of the War FTP Daemon
available from the following web site: http://www.jgaa.com/

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10078

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Digital Defense, Inc.

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