CVE-2007-2179
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IXceedCompression in XceddZipLib (RaidenFTPD.dll) in RaidenFTPD 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the (1) CalculateCrc, (2) Compress, and (3) Uncompress functions, which result in a NULL pointer dereference.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceVulnerabilities in the IXceedCompression component (XceddZipLib/RaidenFTPD.dll) of RaidenFTPD 2.4 allow remote attackers to crash the service via NULL pointer dereferences in the CalculateCrc, Compress, and Uncompress functions through unspecified vectors.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.4.2240= 2.4.2241CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify RaidenFTPD is installedCheck for RaidenFTPD.exe process or service running on the system, or look for RaidenFTPD installation directoriesAffected if RaidenFTPD server software is present on the system
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Identify the RaidenFTPD versionRight-click on RaidenFTPD.exe or the XceddZipLib/RaidenFTPD.dll file, select Properties, and view the Version tab to obtain the exact product versionAffected if The version number is 2.4.2240 or 2.4.2241
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Confirm the IXceedCompression component is presentVerify that the XceddZipLib/RaidenFTPD.dll file exists in the RaidenFTPD installation directoryAffected if The vulnerable compression DLL (XceddZipLib) is present in the RaidenFTPD installation
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Check if compression features are in useReview FTP server configuration to determine if compression/zip functionality is enabled or used by the serverAffected if compression features through the IXceedCompression component are active
The system is affected if RaidenFTPD version 2.4.2240 or 2.4.2241 is installed with the XceddZipLib compression component present and in use.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate RaidenFTPD to a patched version, or upgrade the underlying XceddZipLib/IXceedCompression library to a version that addresses the NULL pointer dereference issues in the compression functions.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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