National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0831
Original release date:11/17/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#405348
Name: VU#405348
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030924 [slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: proftpd-ascii-xfer-newline-bo(12200)
Type: Advisory
External Source: ISS
Name: 20030923 ProFTPD ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerability
External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2003:095
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 9829
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20031013 Remote root exploit for proftpd \n bug
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20031014 Another ProFTPd root EXPLOIT ?
