41192 : netkit-ftpd/ftp ftp.c getreply Function Unsp[ecified Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-12-07

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-5769" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Double free vulnerability in the getreply function in ftp.c in netkit ftp (netkit-ftp) 0.17 20040614 and later allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via some types of FTP protocol behavior. NOTE: the netkit-ftpd issue is covered by CVE-2007-6263.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-5769 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26764
Secunia Advisory ID: 28697
Related OSVDB ID: 41191
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-12/0174.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704348003382&w=2
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/ftp/F-8/netkit-ftp-0.17-sigseg.patch?view=auto
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-17.xml

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-12-06 | Disagree?

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2007/12/07 15:36:38 | [Full-disclosure] netkit-ftpd/ftp uninitialized vulnerability

from: Full-Disclosure digest, knowledge base

netkit-ftpd/ftp uninitialized vulnerability Class: Design Error DATE:11/1/2007 CVEID:CVE-2007-5769 Vulnerable: netkit-ftpd-0.17/netkit-ftp-0.17 Vendor: I.Synopsis A vulnerability has been discovered

2007/12/05 11:26:12 | CVE-2007-5769 (netkit_ftp)

from: National Vulnerability Database

CVE-2007-5769 (netkit_ftp) Publish Date: 12/6/2007 CVSS Severity: 10.0 (High) Double-free vulnerability in the getreply function in ftp.c in netkit ftp (netkit-ftp) 0.17 20040614 and later

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