CVE-1999-0911

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0911
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-08-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-09 12:36:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre4 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre5 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre4 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ProFTPD Remote Buffer Overflow BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- Debian FTP packages DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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