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CVE-2007-5962

UnknownEPSS 12.06%

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CVE-2007-5962 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.. EPSS estimates a 12.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
12.06%

95.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
RedhatEnterprise Linux5.0
RedhatFedora6
RedhatFedora7
RedhatFedora8
Foresight LinuxAppliancesAll versions
RpathAppliance Platform AgentAll versions

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2007-5962?
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
How severe is CVE-2007-5962?
Severity scoring for CVE-2007-5962 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 12.06% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5962?
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Source: NVD / NIST