VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-40491
The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.03%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-345
- Affected
- gnu/inetutils · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993476Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=58cb043b190fd04effdaea7c9403416b436e50ddPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2021-06/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993476Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=58cb043b190fd04effdaea7c9403416b436e50ddPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2021-06/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.