CVE-2008-3734 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home 2007.0.0.2 and WS_FTP Professional 2007.1.0.0 allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a connection greeting (response).

Published: 2008-08-20

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 69.4% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_home:2007.0.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_pro:2007.1.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.69433.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31504
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4173
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30720
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020713
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020714
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44512
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6257

History

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Subscriptions

Ipswitch Ws Ftp Home Ws Ftp Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-08-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:52:59.290Z

Reserved: 2008-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3734

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-20T16:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3734

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-134

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