CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-5013

MEDIUM
4.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Memory leak in the on_dtp_close function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a QUIT command during a data transfer.

How to fix

Remediation Available
python-pyftpdlibDebian
Fixed in:0.5.2-1CVE-2009-5013
Fixed in:0.5.2-1CVE-2009-5013
Fixed in:0.5.2-1CVE-2009-5013
Fixed in:0.5.2-1CVE-2009-5013

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days
63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2009-3103High10.090%--
CVE-2009-0075High9.385%--
CVE-2005-1790Low2.683%--
CVE-2010-0806High8.882%KEV-
CVE-2009-2526High7.882%--
CVE-2015-1868High7.882%-Fix
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