CVE-2007-5769

Public Exploit

Description

Double free vulnerability in the getreply function in ftp.c in netkit ftp (netkit-ftp) 0.17 20040614 and later allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via some types of FTP protocol behavior. NOTE: the netkit-ftpd issue is covered by CVE-2007-6263.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.49%
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26764 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704348003382&w=2 mailing list
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206 patch exploit
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/ftp/F-8/netkit-ftp-0.17-sigseg.patch?view=auto exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5769?
CVE-2007-5769 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5769?
To fix CVE-2007-5769, 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-2007-5769 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5769 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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