CVE-2011-1137

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1137
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-11 17:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the mod_sftp (aka SFTP) module in ProFTPD 1.3.3d and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption leading to OOM kill) via a malformed SSH message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 pre10 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 pre9 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.0 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.10 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.10 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.10 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.10 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.2 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.2 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.3 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.4 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.5 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.5 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.5 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.5 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.6 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.6 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.6 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.7 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.7 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.7 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.7 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.8 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.8 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.8 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.9 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.9 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.9 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.2.9 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 a All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 rc4 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.0 rc5 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 a All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 b All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 c All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 d All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 e All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc4 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 a All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 b All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 c All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc3 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc4 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd All d All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
681718 – (CVE-2011-1137) CVE-2011-1137 proftpd: integer overflow in mod_sftp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: proftpd-1.3.3e-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
ProFTPD mod_sftp Integer Overflow DoS PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
ProFTPD Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVS Info for project proftp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
Bug 3587 – mod_sftp Integer Overflow DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.proftpd.org
CVS Info for project proftp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
CVS Info for project proftp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2185-1 proftpd-dfsg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: proftpd-1.3.3e-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for proftpd-dfsg - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Slackware update for proftpd - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ProFTPD 'mod_sftp' Module Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Bug 3586 – mod_sftp behaves badly when receiving badly formed SSH messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.proftpd.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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