CVE-2006-6563

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6563
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-15 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the pr_ctrls_recv_request function in ctrls.c in the mod_ctrls module in ProFTPD before 1.3.1rc1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large reqarglen length value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.0 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.0a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ProFTPD 1.3.0/1.3.0a (mod_ctrls support) Local Buffer Overflow Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.com
ProFTPD Controls Module Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Trustix update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Core Security | CoreLabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com Exploit, Patch
ProFTPD "mod_ctrls" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ProFTPD: Local privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Mandriva update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.proftpd.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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