CVE-2001-0187

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0187
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-03-26 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Wu-Ftpd Debug Mode Client Hostname Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_current/missing_format_strings.p... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.wu-ftpd.org
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-016-3 wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
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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