CVE-2006-6563

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6563
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-15 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:49:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ProFTPD 1.3.0/1.3.0a (mod_ctrls support) Local Buffer Overflow Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.com
ProFTPD "mod_ctrls" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ProFTPD: Local privilege escalation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Core Security | CoreLabs MISC www.coresecurity.com Exploit, Patch
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.proftpd.org
Gentoo update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Trustix update for proftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
ProFTPD Controls Module Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
2006-0074 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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