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CVE-2003-0466 Detail

Description

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.


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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-011.txt.asc Broken Link 
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0065.html Broken Link  Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/errata/IMNX-2003-7+-019-01 Broken Link 
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0011-wu-ftpd.txt Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105967301604815&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001410028809&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001702232325&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106002488209129&w=2 Mailing List 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007380 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001257.1-1 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-357 Broken Link 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/743092 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:080 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_032_wuftpd.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-245.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-246.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424852/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425061/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8315 Broken Link  Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-46.txt Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12785 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1970 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-193 Off-by-one Error cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0466
NVD Published Date:
08/27/2003
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
MITRE