CVE-2003-0466 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2003-0466

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the...

Vulnerability Description

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wu ftpd, wu-ftpd, mac os x, mac os x server, freebsd, netbsd, openbsd, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.1-16, 2.5.0, 10.2.6, 4.0, 1.5, 2.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.