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CVE-2019-18217
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long…
High7.5EPSS 20.3%
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- mitre
Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.3% · top 2.5% 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191027 [SECURITY] [DLA 1974-1] proftpd-dfsg security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-ae019c7e9f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-848e410cfb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-7559f29ace (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20191106 [SECURITY] [DSA 4559-1] proftpd-dfsg security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-35 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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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