CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0831

9.0 HIGH Published 2003-11-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-11-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

Affected configurations

• proftpd project proftpd 1.2.7 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.7 rc1 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.7 rc2 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.7 rc3 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.8 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.8 rc1 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.8 rc2 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.9 rc1 • proftpd project proftpd 1.2.9 rc2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References