CVE-2001-0187

Summary

CVECVE-2001-0187
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-03-26 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed argument that is recorded in a PASV port assignment.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta9 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr16 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr17 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta9 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr16 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr17 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_current/missing_format_strings.p... CONFIRM ftp.wu-ftpd.org
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-016-3 wu-ftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Wu-Ftpd Debug Mode Client Hostname Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-09-27Joshua BressersRed Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ships with wu-ftp version 2.6.2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
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