Off-by-one in ProFTPD - CVE-2004-0346

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU111808

Off-by-one in ProFTPD - CVE-2004-0346

Published: November 23, 2004 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111808
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0346
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ProFTPD
Affected software:
ProFTPD

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

Off-by-one buffer overflow in _xlate_ascii_write() in ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2p allows local users to gain privileges via a 1024 byte RETR command.


How to mitigate CVE-2004-0346

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources