Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5815
CVE-2006-5815
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sreplace function in ProFTPD 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers, probably authenticated, to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by vd_proftpd.pm, a "ProFTPD remote exploit."
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References
25- secunia.com/advisories/22803nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22821nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23000nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23069nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23125nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23174nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23179nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23184nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23207nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4451nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cginvd
- gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035-proftpd.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20992nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30147nvd
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