CVE-2009-0542 (GCVE-0-2009-0542)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-02-12 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 04:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.
References
cve@mitre.org http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34268
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/1
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/3
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/5
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500823/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500833/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500851/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500852/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34268
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500823/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500833/100/0/threaded
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500852/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8037
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