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CVE-2006-6170
Buffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other…
High7.5EPSS 18.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large data length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5815.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.1% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- DSA-1222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20061128 ProFTPD mod_tls pre-authentication buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20061129 Re: ProFTPD mod_tls pre-authentication buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23207 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-335-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 23141 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:217-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 21326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061128 ProFTPD mod_tls pre-authentication buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://elegerov.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-remember-2-years-old-overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2006-0066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 23179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20061121 Re: [ MDKSA-2006:217 ] - Updated proftpd packages fix vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- proftpd-modtls-bo(30554) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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