SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24494
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24494/
CRITICAL: Highly critical
IMPACT: DoS, System access
WHERE: >From remote
SOFTWARE: War FTP Daemon 1.6x - http://secunia.com/product/1998/
DESCRIPTION: Immunity has reported a vulnerability in WarFTP Daemon, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error prior to authentication and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability is reported in version 1.65. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION: The vendor recommends using the version 1.80 series. Restrict access to the FTP service.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Immunity, Inc.