CVE-2020-6162

Description

An issue was discovered in Bftpd 5.3. Under certain circumstances, an out-of-bounds read is triggered due to an uninitialized value. The daemon crashes at startup in the hidegroups_init function in dirlist.c.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.55%
Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bftpd.sourceforge.net/news.html release notes vendor advisory
https://fossies.org/linux/bftpd/CHANGELOG third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6162?
CVE-2020-6162 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-6162?
To fix CVE-2020-6162, 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-2020-6162 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-6162 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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