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CVE-2007-6738

Published: Oct 19, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 37.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

pyftpdlib before 0.1.1 does not choose a random value for the port associated with the PASV command, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about the number of in-progress data connections by reading the response to this command.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

pyftpdlibg.rodola
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
pyftpdlibPyPIOSS Libraries
g.rodolaoss-projectOSS Librariesaka pyftpdlib
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
code.google.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6738
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/commit/d171bdc4ef7ac769671946a8a3e5eaafc39a9202
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 19, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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