CVE-2001-0489 (GCVE-0-2001-0489)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-18 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Format string vulnerability in gftp prior to 2.0.8 allows remote malicious FTP servers to execute arbitrary commands.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2… | mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/redh… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2657 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.osvdb.org/1805 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-057 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2001-04-17 00:00
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