CVE-2006-6171 (GCVE-0-2006-6171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-30 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November 2006, the role of CommandBufferSize was originally associated with CVE-2006-5815, but this was an error stemming from a vague initial disclosure. NOTE: ProFTPD developers dispute this issue, saying that the relevant memory location is overwritten by assignment before further use within the affected function, so this is not a vulnerability
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20061… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPK… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
Date Public
2006-11-28 00:00
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