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CVE-2007-5962

Published: May 22, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
12.1%
Top 4.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
appliancesforesight linux
On-prem
Hardware Firmware
appliance platform agentrpath
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
foresight linuxHardware Firmwareaka foresight linux, appliances
rpathcommercialOperating Systemsaka rpath linux appliance platform agent

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185
wiki.rpath.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00681.html
redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30341
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
May 22, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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