CVE-2008-2375

Public Exploit

Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.72% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/31223 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217
http://secunia.com/advisories/31007 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2375?
CVE-2008-2375 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2375?
To fix CVE-2008-2375, 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-2008-2375 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2375 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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