Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5962
CVE-2007-5962
Description
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
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Affected products
9- cpe:2.3:h:foresight_linux:appliances:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:rpath:appliance_platform_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6 through 8
- Range: 5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0295.htmlnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/30341nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30354nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/10nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/12nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/8nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493167/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1600nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42593nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8850nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00681.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00691.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00699.htmlnvd
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