High severity · published Oct 21, 2019
CVE-2019-18217
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child…
7.5
CVSS
20.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)20.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Proftpd · Proftpd
through 1.3.5; 1.3.6; 1.3.6; 1.3.6; 1.3.6; 1.3.6; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18217
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
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