CVE-2003-0466

Public Exploit

Description

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 90.19% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory immunix.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory turbolinux.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106002488209129&w=2 mailing list
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0011-wu-ftpd.txt broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/9446 third party advisory broken link
http://www.osvdb.org/6602 vdb entry broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1970 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424852/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8315 patch vendor advisory exploit vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/9423 third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105967301604815&w=2 mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0065.html mailing list exploit broken link vendor advisory
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/errata/IMNX-2003-7+-019-01 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-246.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425061/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/743092 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-245.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_032_wuftpd.html vendor advisory broken link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001257.1-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-357 vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001702232325&w=2 mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007380 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:080 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12785 vdb entry third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001410028809&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-46.txt vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-011.txt.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/9535 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/9447 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0466?
CVE-2003-0466 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0466?
To fix CVE-2003-0466, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0466 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2003-0466 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~90% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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