vendor:
vsftpd
by:
Praveen Darshanam
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial-of-Service
N/A
CWE
Product Name: vsftpd
Affected Version From: 2.0.5
Affected Version To: 2.0.5
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux
2008
vsftpd 2.0.5 FTP Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, Fedora 6 to 8, Foresight Linux, rPath Linux Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
A Denial-of-Service vulnerability exists in vsftpd 2.0.5 FTP Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, Fedora 6 to 8, Foresight Linux, rPath Linux. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending a large number of CWD commands to the vsftpd daemon with deny_file configuration option in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf or the path where FTP server is installed.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of vsftpd.