CVE-2013-4359

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4359
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-30 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-31 02:59:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-189

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
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.4 d All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.5 rc3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2013:1563-1: moderate: proftpd: security and bugfix update t SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2767-1 proftpd-dfsg DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bug 3973 – mod_sftp can be forced to allocate too much memory for keyboard-interactive authentication CONFIRM bugs.proftpd.org Patch
openSUSE-SU-2015:1031-1: moderate: Security update for proftpd SUSE lists.opensuse.org
ProFTPd mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication | kingcopes´ blag MISC kingcope.wordpress.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request: proftpd: mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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