CVE-2006-6171
ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November
02 Description
ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November
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
- 10.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% 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
- 2006-11-30 15:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-30
- 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
- 721047c0ddf08e1218c6e53ef8d7c17c9b4156a6b0b316fc9198cf92b5a20597
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-1222http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222
- proftp.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/proftp/proftpd/src/main.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.293&sortby=date
- www.debian.orgDSA-1218http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1218
- secunia.com23207http://secunia.com/advisories/23207
- slackware.comSSA:2006-335-02http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491
- secunia.com23174http://secunia.com/advisories/23174
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:217-1http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1
- www.trustix.org2006-0070http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
- secunia.com23329http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820
- secunia.com23184http://secunia.com/advisories/23184
- secunia.com23179http://secunia.com/advisories/23179
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-26http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml
- www.openpkg.comOpenPKG-SA-2006.035http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.0-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.0-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.0-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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