CVE-2003-0466

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0466
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 alpha All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-16 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-16 All powerpc All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-18 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-18 All ia64 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.2-5 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.2-8 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-16 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-16 All powerpc All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-18 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.1-18 All ia64 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.2-5 All i386 All
Application Redhat Wu Ftpd 2.6.2-8 All i386 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Vendor C Library realpath() Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
'wu-ftpd-2.6.2 off-by-one remote exploit.' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
1001257 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-357-1 wu-ftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
NetBSD-SA2003-011.txt.asc NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0065 - [VulnWatch] wu-ftpd fb_realpath() off-by-one bug VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
'wu-ftpd fb_realpath() off-by-one bug' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X "fb_realpath()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
IMNX-2003-7+-019-01 IMMUNIX download.immunix.org
Secunia - Advisories - NetBSD "realpath()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - FreeBSD "realpath()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
6602 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found TURBO www.turbolinux.com
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com
'FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:08.realpath' - MARC FREEBSD marc.info
SecurityTracker.com Archives - (FreeBSD Issues Fix) 'libc' Off-by-One Overflow in realpath() May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
'Off-by-one Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in BSD libc realpath(3)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#743092 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenBSD "realpath()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0011-wu-ftpd.txt MISC isec.pl
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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