Denial of service in ProFTPD
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-51713 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ProFTPD Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP) |
| Vendor | ProFTPD |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read
EUVDB-ID: #VU84847
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51713
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the make_ftp_cmd() function in main.c. A remote user can pass a specially crafted command to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsProFTPD: 1.2.0 - 1.3.8 rc4
External linkshttp://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1683
http://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1683#issuecomment-1712887554
http://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.8/NEWS
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
