CVE-2000-0574

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

OpenBSD ftpd

First reported 24 years ago

2000-07-07 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:05:00

Affected Software

OpenBSD ftpd 5.51

5.51

OpenBSD ftpd 5.60

5.60

References

NetBSD-SA2000-009

20000705 proftp advisory

20000706 ftpd and setproctitle()

20000710 opieftpd setproctitle() patches

CA-2000-13

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

1425

1438

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