CVE-2004-0255

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Published Mar 18, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.4% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.41:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.45:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xlight_ftp_server:xlight_ftp_server:1.52:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0255	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.4% (7.379% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Xlight Ftp Server Xlight Ftp Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:10 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 18, 2004, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:10 AM
Reserved: Mar 17, 2004, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 23, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

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