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CVE-2004-2259 Detail

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.html Patch 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.html Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/11680 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/11680 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/11736 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/11736 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/6306 Patch 
http://www.osvdb.org/6306 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-2259
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2004
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE