CVE-2012-5905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in KnFTPd 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a FEAT command.

Published: 2012-11-17

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elif_keir:knftpd:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02864.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/80666
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111296/KnFTPd-1.0.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18671
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74441

History

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Subscriptions

Elif Keir Knftpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-17T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:21:28.186Z

Reserved: 2012-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5905

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-17T21:55:05.097

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:47:33.707

Link: CVE-2012-5905

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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