CVE-2011-10029 – Solar FTP Server Format String Denial of Service

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2011-10029 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag unsupported-when-assigned
    Added Description Solar FTP Server fails to properly handle format strings passed to the USER command. When a specially crafted string containing format specifiers is sent, the server crashes due to a read access violation in the __output_1() function of sfsservice.exe. This results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-134
    Added Reference https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/ftp/solarftp_user.rb
    Added Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20111009122553/http://solarftp.com/blog/news/solar-ftp-server-2-1-2.html
    Added Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20111102141514/https://solarftp.com/
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16204
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solar-ftp-server-malformed-user-dos
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