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Status published
Medium
CVE-2004-2259
vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.
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.
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11680
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
- http://www.osvdb.org/6306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11736
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
- ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
Affected Vendor
beasts
View all reports →Affected Software
vsftpd
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0, 1.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 19th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.