CVE-2004-2259

vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.

• ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.htmlPatch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11680Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11736Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/6306Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049
• ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelog
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119136
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.htmlPatch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11680Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11736Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/6306Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049

Published

Dec 31, 2004

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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