CVE-2001-0318 (GCVE-0-2001-0318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-05-07 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:14
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Summary
Format string vulnerability in ProFTPD 1.2.0rc2 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by shutting down the FTP server while using a malformed working directory (cwd).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MD… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916525715657&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-029 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2001-01-10 00:00
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