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CVE-2009-5013
Memory leak in the on_dtp_close function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of…
Medium4.0EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
Memory leak in the on_dtp_close function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a QUIT command during a data transfer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% 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: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpyftpdlibGHSA-8gv6-x88p-3f6h (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn615&r=615&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=615 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisory GHSA-8gv6-x88p-3f6h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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