CVE-2005-3524
Buffer overflow in the SSL-ready version of linux-ftpd (linux-ftpd-ssl) 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating a long directory name, then executing the XPWD command.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the SSL-ready version of linux-ftpd (linux-ftpd-ssl) 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating a long directory name, then executing the XPWD command.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-11-07 02:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 20f52862a73a7b8bd3d4459fd6a675a48487f93444e45c8169a3bfea8b664754
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comLinux-ftpd-ssl-vsprintf-bo(23016)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23016
- secunia.com17529http://secunia.com/advisories/17529
- seclists.org20051105 linux-ftpd-ssl 0.17 warezhttp://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Nov/0140.html
- www.osvdb.org20530http://www.osvdb.org/20530
- secunia.com17465http://secunia.com/advisories/17465
- secunia.com17586http://secunia.com/advisories/17586
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2330http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2330
- www.securityfocus.com15343http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15343
- www.debian.orgDSA-896http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-896
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux-ftpd-ssl Fixed in 0.17.18+0.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux-ftpd-ssl Fixed in 0.17.18+0.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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