CVE-2004-1883: Progress WS_FTP Server

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2 (1) allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by causing a large error string to be generated by the ALLO handler, or (2) may allow remote FTP administrators to execute arbitrary code by causing a long hostname or username to be inserted into a reply to a STAT command while a file is being transferred.

Affected products

• Progress WS_FTP Server: version 4.0.2 only

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.