CVE-2006-6170

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6170
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-30 15:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:47:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large data length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5815.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ProFTPD MOD_TLS Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ProFTPD: Remote execution of arbitrary code GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Mandriva update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for proftpd - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
2006-0066 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1222-2 proftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Slackware update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Evgeny Legerov's personal blog MISC elegerov.blogspot.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[Full-disclosure] ProFTPD mod_tls pre-authentication buffer overflow FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
ProFTPD mod_tls Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
214820 – (CVE-2006-5815) CVE-2006-5815: proftpd unspecified vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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