CVE-2007-5962 describes a memory leak vulnerability in a specific Red Hat patch applied to vsftpd 2.0.5, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Fedora 6-8, Foresight Linux, and rPath appliances. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending numerous CWD commands, leading to excessive memory consumption, particularly when the deny_file option is enabled. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a complete impact on availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:foresight_linux:appliances:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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