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CVE-2008-2375

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows rem…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.7%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2820 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/30364 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /attachment.cgi?id=201051 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • support.avaya.com /elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31223 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • wiki.rpath.com /Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31007 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • issues.rpath.com /browse/RPL-2640 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1020546 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32263 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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