CVE-2003-0831 (GCVE-0-2003-0831)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-09-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/9829 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE |
Date Public
2003-09-23 00:00
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