CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in vsftpd (File Transfer Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 06/30/2008. The weakness was published 07/08/2008 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2375 since 05/21/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67721 (Oracle Linux 3 : vsftpd (ELSA-2008-0579)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43685) and Tenable (67721).
Product
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Version
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.0.5
- 0.0.6
- 0.0.7
- 0.0.8
- 0.0.9
- 0.0.10
- 0.0.11
- 0.0.12
- 0.0.13
- 0.0.14
- 0.0.15
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 67721
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 : vsftpd (ELSA-2008-0579)
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OpenVAS ID: 880293
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasures
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Upgrade: vsftpd 2.0.2
Timeline
05/21/2008 🔍06/30/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: issues.rpath.com⛔Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2375 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43685
SecurityTracker: 1020546
Vulnerability Center: 18942 - VsFTPd on RHEL When PAM is Used Allows DoS via Large Number of Invalid Authentication Attempts, Low
SecurityFocus: 30364 - vsftpd FTP Server Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31007
OSVDB: 46930 - CVE-2008-2375 - Red Hat - Vsftpd - Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2820
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 08/14/2019 22:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (74), 08/14/2019 22:17 (12)
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