CVE-2004-2259 describes a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting vsftpd versions prior to 1.2.2. Under heavy load, the FTP server can crash due to a non-re-entrant malloc or free call triggered by a SIGCHLD signal. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with an attack vector of Network, low attack complexity, and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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