S.A.F.E.R. Security Bulletin 980708.DOS.1.1

[Security Research Team <security@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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      S.A.F.E.R. Security Bulletin 980708.DOS.1.1
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TITLE     : Vulnerability with CSM Proxy 4.1
DATE      : July 8, 1998
NATURE    : Denial-of-Service
PLATFORMS : Windows NT, Windows 95/98

DETAILS:

If users sends 1030 characters or more to the FTP port (21), CSM Proxy will
crash, and raise CPU usage to 100%. Restart of the proxy (Win95) or reboot
(NT) is needed in order to recover system functionality.

CSM Proxy accepts connection, even accepts username/password, and then
checks if user is authorized (depending on source IP address) to access
proxy server at all. This allows any user on Internet/Intranet to connect
to port 21, send characters and crash the CSM Proxy server along with
Windows NT. If CSM Proxy is located behind a firewall, only Intranet users
are a threat.

FIXES:

CSM (http://www.csm-usa.com and http://www.csm.co.at) have been notified,
and it is expected that CSM will publish updated version soon.

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