CVE-2005-2238 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2005-2238

ftpd in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows remote...

Vulnerability Description

ftpd in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (port exhaustion and memory consumption) by using all ephemeral ports.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

aix
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2005
Last Modified: September 17th, 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.