Is CVE-2006-5815 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5815 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5815?

CVE-2006-5815 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5815?

CVE-2006-5815 has an EPSS score of 73.66% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5815?

Upgrade proftpd-dfsg on debian 11 to 1.3.0-15 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5815

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

proftpd-dfsgDebian

Fixed in:1.3.0-15CVE-2006-5815

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

73.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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