CVE-2010-4221
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the pr_netio_telnet_gets function in netio.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a TELNET IAC
02 Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the pr_netio_telnet_gets function in netio.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a TELNET IAC
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
- 91.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% 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
- 2010-11-09 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 911b9766165003461a500ff917730f67f9f404436330839dfe7bf2fa9d0e76d1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.proftpd.orghttp://www.proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.3c
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17091http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050687.html
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-229/
- secunia.com42217http://secunia.com/advisories/42217
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17098http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050703.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17220http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050726.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2941http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2941
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2962http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2962
- secunia.com42052http://secunia.com/advisories/42052
- bugs.proftpd.orghttp://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:227http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:227
- www.securityfocus.com44562http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44562
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2959http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2959
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.3a-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.3a-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.3a-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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