CVE-2003-0831

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0831
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.7 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.7_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.7_rc2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.7_rc3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.8 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.8_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.8_rc2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.9_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.9_rc2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - ProFTPD ASCII Mode File Transfer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'Remote root exploit for proftpd \n bug' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#405348 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
ProFTPd 1.2.9 rc2 - '.ASCII' File Remote Code Execution (1) - Linux remote Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
'[slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net
[Full-Disclosure] Another ProFTPd root EXPLOIT ? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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