VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-2259
vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- beasts/vsftpd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11680Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11736Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6306Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049
- ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11680Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11736Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6306Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.