CVE-2012-5905
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Buffer overflow in KnFTPd 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a FEAT command.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
KnFTPd 1.0.0 - 'FEAT' Denial of Service (PoC)
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| elif_keir | knftpd | 1.0.0 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/80666
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111296/KnFTPd-1.0.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18671
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74441
- http://osvdb.org/80666
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111296/KnFTPd-1.0.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18671
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74441
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.