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CVE-2008-2375

Published: Jul 9, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.7%
Top 11.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.

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-399NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

n/an/a
vsftpdredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820
vupen.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364
securityfocus.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html
redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 9, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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