FKIE_CVE-2005-4888

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-04-05 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
NWFTPD.nlm before 5.06.04 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive stale connections) by establishing many FTP sessions, which persist in the Not-Logged-In state after each session is completed.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3238588&sliceId=1Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=97819
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3238588&sliceId=1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=97819
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
novell netware_ftp_server *
novell netware *
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