CVE-2020-9274
An issue was discovered in Pure-FTPd 1.0.49. An uninitialized pointer vulnerability has been detected in the diraliases linked list. When the *lookup_alias(const char alias) or print_aliases(void)
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Pure-FTPd 1.0.49. An uninitialized pointer vulnerability has been detected in the diraliases linked list. When the *lookup_alias(const char alias) or print_aliases(void)
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
- 6.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2020-02-26 15:29Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 10:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 23382b18918c9feddf7370e4e608b9018a5ed10188cd954ad7ab7e65e81b8e7e
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/8d0d42542e2cb7a56d645fbe4d0ef436e38bcefa
- www.pureftpd.orghttps://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200228 [SECURITY] [DLA 2123-1] pure-ftpd security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00029.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-54https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-54
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-5ac8d4c11ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22P44PECZWNDP7CMBL7NRBMNFS73C5Z2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-84fb0920fdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5DBVHJCXWRSJPNJQCJQCKZF6ZDPZCKA/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-fa83ea0492https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5NSUDWXZVWUCL6R2PTX3KBB42Z62CA5/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4515-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4515-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pure-ftpd Fixed in 1.0.49-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pure-ftpd Fixed in 1.0.49-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- pure-ftpd Fixed in 1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- pure-ftpd No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.