CVE-2019-18217
moderate-risk
Published 2019-10-21
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.
Do I need to act?
~
3.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
References (28)
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
Release Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
and 8 more references
47
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
7/34 · Low
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate