COMMAND
OOB to ftp
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Win 3.x, Win95 (possibly Win NT)
PROBLEM
Efrain Torres Mejia posted following about possible DOS attack on
ftp server running on PC (Win). Anybody from outside can shutdown
your pc ftp server. And if u are under win3.1 the system will
crash.
Tested program was WinQVT/NET (all versions.. 16 and 32 bits).
Exploit is quite easy. Just Send a OOB (Out of Band) to port 21.
Any winnuke will help. Just change from port 139 to 21.
This could be a DOS/Win problem in general, and might not be
specific to the WinQVT package.
SOLUTION
Don't use it or upgrade. A patched version of NT 4.0 isn't
vulnerable to this running MS's FTP server.