CVE-2003-1327

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1327
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the SockPrintf function in wu-ftpd 2.6.2 and earlier, when compiled with MAIL_ADMIN option enabled on a system that supports very long pathnames, might allow remote anonymous users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a long pathname, which triggers the overflow when wu-ftpd constructs a notification message to the administrator.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - #0348 - Wu_ftpd all versions (not) vulnerability. BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - wu-ftpd MAIL_ADMIN Option May Let Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Wu-Ftpd SockPrintf() Remote Stack-based Buffer Overrun Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - WU-FTPD "MAIL_ADMIN" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
2594 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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