CVE-2006-6170 (GCVE-0-2006-6170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-30 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large data length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5815.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2006-11-28 00:00
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