Vulnerability in Proftpd_project Proftpd

CVE-1999-0911

Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

EPSS: 0.381 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Proftpd_project Proftpd — versions 1.2_pre1, 1.2_pre2, 1.2_pre3
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)