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CVE-2006-6171 Detail

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Current Description

ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November 2006, the role of CommandBufferSize was originally associated with CVE-2006-5815, but this was an error stemming from a vague initial disclosure. NOTE: ProFTPD developers dispute this issue, saying that the relevant memory location is overwritten by assignment before further use within the affected function, so this is not a vulnerability


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/proftp/proftpd/src/main.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.293&sortby=date CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23174 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23179 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23184 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23207 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23329 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-1218 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-2006:217-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6171
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE