CVE-2004-0255

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Xlight 1.52, with log to screen enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a long directory consisting of . (dot) and / (slash) characters, which causes the server to crash when the administrator views the log file, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Xlight Ftp Server: 1.25, 1.41, 1.45, 1.52

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107605633904122&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15064
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107605633904122&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15064

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