CVE-2006-5815

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 69.43% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4451 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23207 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491 vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017167 vdb entry
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035-proftpd.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23174 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30147 vdb entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23069 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23000 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820
http://secunia.com/advisories/22821 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23184 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23125 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20992 vdb entry
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858
http://secunia.com/advisories/23179 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22803 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5815?
CVE-2006-5815 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5815?
To fix CVE-2006-5815, 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-2006-5815 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5815 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~69% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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