CVE-2005-4816

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4816
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in mod_radius in ProFTPD before 1.3.0rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.0_rc3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.10 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.2_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.2_rc3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.4 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.5 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.5_rc1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.6 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 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 1.2.9_rc3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre10 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre11 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre2 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre3 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre4 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre5 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre6 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre7 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre8 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2_pre9 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.0_rc1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2006-q1/0122.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ProFTPD Mod_Radius Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/23063 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1245-1 proftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 2658 – Segfault in mod_radius when using long password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.proftpd.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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