CVE-2006-6171

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-30 15:28:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 01:59:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November 2006, the role of CommandBufferSize was originally associated with CVE-2006-5815, but this was an error stemming from a vague initial disclosure. NOTE: ProFTPD developers dispute this issue, saying that the relevant memory location is overwritten by assignment before further use within the affected function, so this is not a vulnerability.

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
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ProFTPD: Remote execution of arbitrary code GENTOO www.gentoo.org
CVS Info for project proftp MISC proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for proftpd - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1222-2 proftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Slackware update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Trustix update for gnupg and proftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1218-1 proftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
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
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.com
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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