CVE-2003-0831

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0831
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-05 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - ProFTPD ASCII Mode File Transfer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#405348 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'[slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
[Full-Disclosure] Another ProFTPd root EXPLOIT ? FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
Mandriva Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ProFTPd 1.2.9 rc2 - '.ASCII' File Remote Code Execution (1) - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
20030923 ProFTPD ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerability ISS xforce.iss.net
'Remote root exploit for proftpd \n bug' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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