CVE-2017-12170 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-12170

Downstream version 1.0.46-1 of pure-ftpd as shipped in Fedora was...

Vulnerability Description

Downstream version 1.0.46-1 of pure-ftpd as shipped in Fedora was vulnerable to packaging error due to which the original configuration was ignored after update and service started running with default configuration. This has security implications because of overriding security-related configuration. This issue doesn't affect upstream version of pure-ftpd.

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

Red Hat, Inc.

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Affected Software

pure-ftpd
Vulnerable Versions:
Fedora downstream version pure-ftpd-1.0.46-1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 21st, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/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.