CVE-2004-0185

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a long name.

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 2.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
unixpunx.org is available for purchase - Sedo.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 unixpunx.org URL Repurposed
'Wu-FTPd SKEY Stack Overflow Vulnerability' - SecuriTeam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wu-Ftpd S/Key Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_2.6.2/skeychallenge.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.wu-ftpd.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-457-1 wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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