CVE-2003-0466

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12785

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:080

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/743092

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106002488209129&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001702232325&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001410028809&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105967301604815&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-08-27

Updated: 2024-02-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical