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CVE-2003-0466
Published: Aug 1, 2003
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20030804 Off-by-one Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in BSD libc realpath(3)
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0011-wu-ftpd.txt
x_refsource_MISC
9446
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
6602
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1970
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
20060213 Latest wu-ftpd exploit :-s
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
8315
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
9423
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20030731 wu-ftpd fb_realpath() off-by-one bug
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20030731 wu-ftpd fb_realpath() off-by-one bug
mailing-list
x_refsource_VULNWATCH
IMNX-2003-7+-019-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_IMMUNIX
RHSA-2003:246
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
20060214 Re: Latest wu-ftpd exploit :-s
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
VU#743092
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
RHSA-2003:245
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SuSE-SA:2003:032
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1001257
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
DSA-357
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
20030804 wu-ftpd-2.6.2 off-by-one remote exploit.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
1007380
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
MDKSA-2003:080
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRAKE
libc-realpath-offbyone-bo(12785)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
FreeBSD-SA-03:08
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FREEBSD
TLSA-2003-46
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TURBO
9535
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
9447
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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