CVE-2007-5962
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-5962 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-05-22 13:09:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-02-13 02:18:00 UTC |
| Description | Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-399
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Foresight Linux | Appliances | All | All | All | All |
| Hardware | Foresight Linux | Appliances | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 8 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Fedora | 8 | All | All | All |
| Hardware | Rpath | Appliance Platform Agent | All | All | All | All |
| Hardware | Rpath | Appliance Platform Agent | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| vsftpd FTP Server 'deny_file' Option Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Exploit |
| wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185 | CONFIRM | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| CVE-2007-5962 - Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: vsftpd-2.0.5-20.fc8 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | VUPEN | www.vupen.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| oss-security - vsftpd CVE-2007-5962 (Red Hat / Fedora specific) | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| Fedora update for vsftpd - Advisories - Community | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| vsftpd 2.0.5 (CWD) Remote Memory Consumption Exploit (post auth) | EXPLOIT-DB | www.exploit-db.com | |
| oss-security - Re: vsftpd CVE-2007-5962 (Red Hat / Fedora specific) | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - vsftpd Memory Leak in 'deny_file' Option Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service | SECTRACK | securitytracker.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | XF | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: vsftpd-2.0.5-17.fc7 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - Re: vsftpd CVE-2007-5962 (Red Hat / Fedora specific) | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: vsftpd-2.0.6-4.fc9 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat update for vsftpd - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| Bug 397011 – CVE-2007-5962 vsftpd: memory leak when deny_file option is set | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.