CVE-2019-18217

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 21 Oct 2019, 03:12
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 01:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.31% LOW
3% probability -2.34%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Oct 2019, 03:12
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 01:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.31%• Percentile: 87%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • proftpd•proftpd

    ≤ 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.6:a | 1.3.6:rc1 | 1.3.6:rc2 | 1.3.6:rc3 | 1.3.6:rc4 | 1.3.7:rc1

References (14)