CVE-2006-6171 describes an off-by-two buffer underflow vulnerability in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier versions, stemming from improper buffer size handling when CommandBufferSize is configured. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite the high severity, ProFTPD developers dispute its existence, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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