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CVE-2003-0831 Details

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/9829	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095	CVE
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154	CVE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/9829	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095	[email protected]
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
proftpd project proftpd	1.2.7 1.2.7_rc1 1.2.7_rc2 1.2.7_rc3 1.2.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8_rc1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8_rc2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.9_rc1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.9_rc2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

proftpd project proftpd

1.2.7

1.2.7_rc1

1.2.7_rc2

1.2.7_rc3

1.2.8

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.7_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.8_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.9_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.9_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]