CVE-2008-2375
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2375 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-07-09 00:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Problem Types: CWE-399 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Vsftpd | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat update for vsftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit |
| ASA-2008-398 (RHSA-2008-0680) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| vsftpd Memory Leak When Invalid Authentication Attempts Occur Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| vsftpd FTP Server Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Avaya Products vsftpd PAM Memory Leak Vulnerability - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - CVE-2008-2375 older vsftpd authentication memory leak | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| rPath update for vsftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2008-2375 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 453376 – (CVE-2008-2375) CVE-2008-2375 older vsftpd authentication memory leak | MITRE | 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.