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CVE-2019-18217

Published: Oct 21, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-835
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
19.5%
Top 3.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
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Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected Products

n/an/a
proftpdproftpd
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
proftpdoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka proftpd, proftpd-dfsg
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846
github.com
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
github.com
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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