National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2001-0187
Original release date:03/26/2001
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed argument that is recorded in a PASV port assignment.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/27/2006)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ships with wu-ftp version 2.6.2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
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External Source: BID
Name: 2296
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-016
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: wuftp-debug-format-string
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: ftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_current/missing_format_strings.patch
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2001:443
