CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2020-9273
HIGHEPSS 96th pctl8.8
CVSS v3
Description
In ProFTPD 1.3.7, it is possible to corrupt the memory pool by interrupting the data transfer channel. This triggers a use-after-free in alloc_pool in pool.c, and possible remote code execution.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
12.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/06/2
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-679335.pdf
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/903
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VCUPRYSJR7XOM3HQ6H5M4OGDU7OHCHBF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XHO3S5WPRRP7VGKIAHLYQVEYW5HRYIJN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4635
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