4.3med

CVE-2008-7264

Improper input validation in pyftpdlib

Also known as GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4, PYSEC-2010-6

Published 16 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v3.1 · GitHub
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 72%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ftp_QUIT function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon outage) by sending a QUIT command during a disallowed data-transfer attempt.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub3.14.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypipyftpdlib
<0.5.0
0.5.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • code.google.com /p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • code.google.com /p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • code.google.com /p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • code.google.com /p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264 · advisory
  • github.com /giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71 · web
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4 · advisory
  • github.com /giampaolo/pyftpdlib · package
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml · web

Sources

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