Is CVE-2019-18217 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-18217 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-18217?

CVE-2019-18217 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-18217?

CVE-2019-18217 has an EPSS score of 19.51% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-18217?

Upgrade proftpd-dfsg on debian 11 to 1.3.6a-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-18217

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

proftpd-dfsgDebian

Fixed in:1.3.6a-2CVE-2019-18217

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

19.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	71%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
CVE-2017-16944	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.