Vulnerability in OpenBSD Ftpd
CVE-2000-0574
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.589 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.589 · newest: 0.589 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenBSD Ftpd — versions 5.51, 5.60
- Washington University Wu-Ftpd — versions 2.4.2_beta1, 2.4.2_beta18, 2.4.2_beta18_vr4
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1425 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0121.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1438 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0061.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0031.html (mailing-list)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)