CVE-2013-4359

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4359
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-30 21:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in kbdint.c in mod_sftp in ProFTPD 1.3.4d and 1.3.5r3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large response count value in an authentication request, which triggers a large memory allocation.

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 1.3.4 d All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.5 rc3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2013:1563-1: moderate: proftpd: security and bugfix update t af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2767-1 proftpd-dfsg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1031-1: moderate: Security update for proftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 3973 – mod_sftp can be forced to allocate too much memory for keyboard-interactive authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.proftpd.org Patch
ProFTPd mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication | kingcopes´ blag af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kingcope.wordpress.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request: proftpd: mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
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