#VU25651 Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Pure-FTPd - CVE-2020-9274
Published: February 27, 2020 / Updated: June 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25651
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9274
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pure-FTPd
Pure-FTPd
Software vendor:
PureFTPd.org
PureFTPd.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to access to an uninitialized pointer in init_aliases() function in diraliases.c when processing liked. A remote user with ability to create aliases can crash the server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.