Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-0590

Description

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server with SSH 6.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long opendir command.

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Affected products

Progress (organisation)/Ws FTP Server
cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ipswitch, Inc./Ws FTP Serverllm-fuzzy
Range: = 6.1.0.0

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/28753nvdVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/3609nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487441/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27573nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0400/referencesnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5044nvd

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