gsd-2007-5962
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2007-5962


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            "accessVector": "NETWORK",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
            "baseScore": 7.1,
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            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
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          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T02:18Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-05-22T13:09Z"
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}


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