CVE-2007-5962
Red Hat vsftpd CWD Command Memory Leak Vulnerability
Description
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
INFO
Published Date :
May 22, 2008, 1:09 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 2:18 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2007-5962 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5962
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
vsftpd 2.0.5 - 'CWD' (Authenticated) Remote Memory Consumption
Python
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The following list is the news that have been mention
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2007-5962 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2007-5962 vsftpd: memory leak when deny_file option is set Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0295 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5962 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option. CVE-2007-5962 vsftpd: memory leak when deny_file option is set Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0295 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5962 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493167/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493167/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8850 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5814 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8850 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42593 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42593 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 22, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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5.69 }} -4.75%
score
0.93419
percentile