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FKIE_CVE-1999-0878

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1999-08-22 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:49

Severity

Summary

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/599
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/599

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
beroftpd	beroftpd	1.3.2
beroftpd	beroftpd	1.3.3
beroftpd	beroftpd	1.3.4
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr4
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr5
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr6
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr8
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr9
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr10
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr11
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr12
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr13
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr14
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_beta18_vr15
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_vr16
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.4.2_vr17
washington_university	wu-ftpd	2.5

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CVE-1999-0878 (GCVE-0-1999-0878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-01-04 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:55

Summary

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/599	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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CVE-1999-0878 (GCVE-0-1999-0878)

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