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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-5815 Detail

Current Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."


View Analysis Description

Evaluator Description

An off-by-one string manipulation flaw in ProFTPD's sreplace() function exists allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858 CVE, MITRE
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22803 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22821 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23000 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23069 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23125 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23174 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23179 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23184 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23207 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017167 CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035-proftpd.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20992 CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4451 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30147 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5815
NVD Published Date:
11/08/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE