CVE-2006-5815

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5815
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-08 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:45:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ProFTPD: Remote execution of arbitrary code GENTOO www.gentoo.org
2006-0066 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Mandriva update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ProFTPD "CommandBufferSize" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for proftpd - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1222-2 proftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Slackware update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 2858 – CVE-2006-5815: remote code execution in ProFTPD CONFIRM bugs.proftpd.org
Trustix update for openldap and proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ProFTPD sreplace() Off-by-one Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
GLEG Ltd. - Information Security Company MISC gleg.net
ProFTPD "sreplace()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for proftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
OpenPKG Meta: SiteMap OPENPKG www.openpkg.org
214820 – (CVE-2006-5815) CVE-2006-5815: proftpd unspecified vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ProFTPD SReplace Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
2006-0070 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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