CVE-2007-5962 | BDVDB-2026-30764 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00681.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30341
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30354
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0295.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00691.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42593
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00699.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1600
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8850
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.