Heap-based buffer overflow in ProFTPD - CVE-2010-4652
Published: February 2, 2011 / Updated: September 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45393
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4652
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the sql_prepare_where function (contrib/mod_sql.c) in ProFTPD before 1.3.3d, when mod_sql is enabled,. A remote attacker can use a crafted username containing substitution tags to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
ProFTPD
Fedora
proftpd
Fedora
proftpd
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4652
Install update from vendor's website.
proftpd - update to 1.3.3d-1.el5
External References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3536
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053537.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053540.html
- http://phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=7#article
- http://proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.3d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2191
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44933
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0248
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0331
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670170