PT-2008-3854 · Vsftpd+1 · Vsftpd+1

Mark J Cox · Published 2008-07-09 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2008-2375

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: vsftpd versions prior to 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4

Description: A memory leak issue exists in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd when PAM is used. This issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session.

Recommendations: For vsftpd versions prior to 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, update to version 2.0.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2375

RHSA-2008:0579

RHSA-2008:0680

RHSA-2008_0680

Affected Products

Red Hat

Vsftpd

References · 18

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2375 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30364 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 · Note
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020546 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2375 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0680 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 · Note
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 · Note