What is CVE-2017-12170?

CVE-2017-12170 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pureftpd Pure-ftpd. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-12170?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pureftpd Pure-ftpd

CVE-2017-12170

Downstream version 1.0.46-1 of pure-ftpd as shipped in Fedora was vulnerable to packaging error due to which the original configuration was ignored after update and service started running with default configuration. This has security impl…

EPSS: 0.003 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pureftpd Pure-ftpd — versions 1.0.46-1
Red Hat, Inc. Pure-ftpd — versions Fedora downstream version pure-ftpd-1.0.46-1
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 26, 27

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Tool Signature)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12170?: CVE-2017-12170 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pureftpd Pure-ftpd. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-12170?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.