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CVE-2019-18217 Details

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html	CVE
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf	CVE
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/	CVE
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35	CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html	[email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf	[email protected]
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/	[email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35	[email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-835	Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
proftpd proftpd	<= 1.3.5 1.3.6 - 1.3.6 a 1.3.6 rc1 1.3.6 rc2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:a:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.7:rc1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

proftpd proftpd

<= 1.3.5

1.3.6 -

1.3.6 a

1.3.6 rc1

1.3.6 rc2

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 16, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 11, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 6, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 29, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 28, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 27, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]