CVE-2005-2850

Public Exploit

Description

SlimFTPd 3.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain (1) USER and (2) PASS commands, possibly due to a buffer overflow or off-by-one error.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.78% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory critical.lt Vendor Advisory critical.lt

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.critical.lt/?vulnerabilities/8	vendor advisory exploit
http://www.critical.lt/research/slimftpd_dos2.c	vendor advisory exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014831	vendor advisory vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2850?: CVE-2005-2850 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2850?: To fix CVE-2005-2850, 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-2005-2850 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2850 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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