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High
CVE-2019-18217
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated...
Vulnerability Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.
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://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.3.6, 1.3.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.