Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2259
CVE-2004-2259
Description
vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.
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Affected products
3- Range: <1.2.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-164.htmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/11680nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/11736nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/6306nvdPatch
- vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/Changelognvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10394nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16222nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11049nvd
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