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AA-2008.0269                  AUSCERT Advisory

                                   [Win]
 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 6.1.1 released correcting multiple vulnerabilities
                             30 December 2008
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              Ipswitch WS_FTP Server
Operating System:     Windows
Impact:               Read-only Data Access
                      Denial of Service
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-5692
Member content until: Tuesday, January 27 2009

OVERVIEW:

       Ipswitch have released WS_FTP Server 6.1.1 correcting a number of
       security vulnerabilities.


IMPACT:

       The vendor has confirmed that the following issues, as reported
       to them by Secunia, have been corrected in this release:

       * [SA28753] SSH Server Denial of Service vulnerability: A boundary 
         error in the SSH Server Service could be exploited by passing an 
         overly long argument to a command. [1]

       * [SA28822] The WS_FTP Server Manager log viewer vulnerability: HTTP 
         requests for the FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp script could be 
         exploited allowing unauthorized log access. [1]

       * [SA28761] WS_FTP Server Denial of Service vulnerability: Overly 
         large datagrams sent within a short time period could cause the log 
         service to stop responding to log requests. [1]


MITIGATION:

       Upgrading to version 6.1.1 will correct these vulnerabilities.


REFERENCES:

       [1] Release Notes for WS_FTP Server 6.1.1 and WS_FTP Server 6.1.1 with SSH
           http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12

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