Check Point Advisories

WS-FTP Denial-of-service (CVE-2004-1848) - Ver2

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0756
Date Published:	28 Jun 2018
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 06 August, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-1848
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	UNKNOWN Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2.0.2 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 3.1.1 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 3.1.3 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 3.1.2 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2.0.4 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2.0.3 Ipswitch Ws_Ftp_Server 3.0_1 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2.0.1 Ipswitch Ws_Ftp_Server 4.01
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in WS-FTP. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WS-FTP Denial-of-service (CVE-2004-1848) - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: WS-FTP Denial-of-service (CVE-2004-1848) - Ver2