Versions leading up to 2.0.8, such as , suffered from a significant memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2007-5962).
Most 2.0.8-specific exploits target a resource exhaustion flaw. By sending a flood of specific commands (like CWD long_string
A search on GitHub for "vsftpd 2.0.8 exploit" yields several results, including:
The vulnerability, known as CVE-2011-2483, is a stack-based buffer overflow in the vsf_sysutil.c file of vsftpd 2.0.8. The vulnerability occurs when the server is configured to use the ftp user and the chown function is called with a specially crafted username. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious FTP command, which can lead to arbitrary code execution on the server.
Versions leading up to 2.0.8, such as , suffered from a significant memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2007-5962).
Most 2.0.8-specific exploits target a resource exhaustion flaw. By sending a flood of specific commands (like CWD long_string
A search on GitHub for "vsftpd 2.0.8 exploit" yields several results, including:
The vulnerability, known as CVE-2011-2483, is a stack-based buffer overflow in the vsf_sysutil.c file of vsftpd 2.0.8. The vulnerability occurs when the server is configured to use the ftp user and the chown function is called with a specially crafted username. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious FTP command, which can lead to arbitrary code execution on the server.
