VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-18217
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 19.5%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 19.51% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- proftpd/proftpd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWSRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.