CVE-2005-2850 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in SlimFTPd version 3.17, allowing remote attackers to crash the server through specially crafted USER and PASS commands, likely due to a buffer overflow or off-by-one error. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected FTP service. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whitsoft_development:slimftpd:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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