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CVE-2007-5962 (GCVE-0-2007-5962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:47

Summary

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1088 records in the last 180 days details

References

18 references

URL	Tags
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493167/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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Date Public

2008-05-21 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2007-5962

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-05-22 13:09 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:47

Severity

Summary

References

URL	Tags
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secalert@redhat.com	http://secunia.com/advisories/30354
secalert@redhat.com	http://securitytracker.com/id?1020079
secalert@redhat.com	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/10
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/12
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/8
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0295.html	Patch
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493167/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322	Exploit
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1600
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011
secalert@redhat.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42593
secalert@redhat.com	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8850
secalert@redhat.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814
secalert@redhat.com	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00681.html
secalert@redhat.com	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00691.html
secalert@redhat.com	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00699.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/30354
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securitytracker.com/id?1020079
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0295.html	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493167/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1600
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42593
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8850
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00681.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00691.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00699.html

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0
redhat	fedora	6
redhat	fedora	7
redhat	fedora	8
foresight_linux	appliances	*
rpath	appliance_platform_agent	*

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GHSA-67JJ-2HGW-486P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:38 – Updated: 2022-05-01 18:38

Details

Show details on source website

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  "affected": [],
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    "CVE-2007-5962"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
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GSD-2007-5962

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2007-5962

Aliases

CVE-2007-5962

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RHSA-2008:0295

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2008-05-21 14:16 - Updated: 2026-06-25 10:34

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: vsftpd security and bug fix update

Severity

Low

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2007-5962.

CVE-2007-5962

Fixed: 16 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0295

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