CVE-2019-20176 is a high-severity stack exhaustion vulnerability affecting Pure-FTPd versions prior to 1.0.50, specifically within the listdir function in ls.c. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by exhausting server resources. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been observed, a Nuclei template exists for detecting this DoS vulnerability. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pureftpd:pure-ftpd:1.0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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